Investigators Reported To Dewas After Confiscation Of Hasto's Cellphone, KPK Says This

KPK Spokesperson Team Budi Prasetyo (VOI/Wardhany Tsa Tsia)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) did not respond much to the reporting of one of its investigators, Kompol Rosa Purbo, to the KPK Supervisory Board. The public is welcome to report if they know of any alleged ethical violations.

This was conveyed by the KPK Spokesperson Team Budi Prasetyo when asked about the report submitted by the PDI-P (PDIP) legal team to the KPK Supervisory Board. This report was made because Rosa was suspected of violating the rules when she confiscated the cellphone belonging to the PDI-P Secretary General (PDIP) Hasto Kristiyanto from his staff, Kusnadi.

"Reporting to the KPK Council is certainly the right of every community when they know of allegations of ethical violations as under their authority. Of course we respect it," Budi told reporters quoted on Tuesday, June 11.

Even so, Budi emphasized that the confiscation of Hasto's belongings was in accordance with the rules. Investigators cannot arbitrarily do their job.

"We ensure that every inspection process has been carried out in accordance with the existing SOP and mechanisms," he said.

As previously reported, Ronny Talapessy, who is the attorney for the staff of the PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto, Kusnadi, submitted a report to Police Commissioner Rosa Purba Bekti who allegedly violated the rules to the KPK Supervisory Board on Monday, June 10.

He said, Rosa was unprofessional because she confiscated items from her client without following the applicable rules. We are the attorneys of Kusnadi's brother, today reporting investigators for unprofessionalism conducting searches and confiscation of goods belonging to Kusnadi's brother and PDIP Secretary General Mas Hasto Kristiyanto," Ronny told reporters, Monday, June 10.

Ronny explained that his client seemed to be framed by investigators during a search that led to confiscation. This is because Kusnandi, who is in the lobby of the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, was asked to rise on the grounds that Hasto was summoned by Hasto, who was undergoing examination as a witness regarding the Harun Masiku case.

He said the investigator who allegedly called Kusnadi was Rosa Purba Bekti. This figure is said to have used a mask and hat when calling Hasto's staff.

"So Kusnadi spontaneously entered the KPK building and went up to the second floor," he said.

"It turned out that after arriving on the second floor, a search was carried out and then the goods belonging to Kusnadi's brother and Mas Hasto Kristiyanto's cellphone were confiscated," continued the PDIP cadre.

This condition was then questioned by Ronny as a lawyer. He said, the process that seemed to be trapping showed that the investigators were not professional.

Moreover, investigators do not feel the need to carry out this kind of trap. He claims that there is nothing urgent, especially since Kusnadi is also tasked with accompanying Hasto, not being at large.

"And also remember that Article 38 of the confiscation Criminal Procedure Code must be in accordance with the permit from the local court. Even if it is forced, it must be carried out tomorrow," he explained.