Deputy Chairperson Of The KPK Defends His Subordinates Regarding The Confiscation Of Hasto PDIP's Cellphones: It's In Accordance With The Law

Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Johanis Tanak (Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Johanis Tanak emphasized that the confiscation carried out by his subordinates must have complied with the rules. Anti-corruption commission investigators cannot work carelessly.

This was conveyed by Johanis when asked about the report of the PDIP Secretary General's lawyer, Hasto Kristiyanto, Kusnadi, to the KPK Supervisory Board. The report was made because of an alleged violation by one of the investigators, namely Kompol Rossa Purbo Subekti.

"KPK investigators carry out investigative duties and carry out confiscations according to the law's orders as stipulated in the Corruption Act, the KPK Law, the ITE Law, the Criminal Procedure Law and other laws and regulations," Johanis said when confirmed by VOI, Thursday, June 21.

For example, the ITE Law, continued Johanis, has regulated electronic evidence, including as a legal tool to prove the case. This is reinforced by the Constitutional Court's Decision No. 20/PUU.XIV/2016.

"So that the KPK investigation took the confiscation of cellphones for investigation purposes in an effort to collect evidence, including electronic evidence of a legal legal act," he said.

"And from the legal action of confiscation of the cellphone as evidence, it is hoped that it will shed light on the corruption that occurred and this was carried out in accordance with the provisions of the criminal procedural law as regulated in the Criminal Procedure Code," continued Johanis.

As previously reported, Harun Masiku became a fugitive after being named a suspect in giving bribes to former KPU Commissioner Wahyu Setiawan to serve as a member of the DPR through interim shifts (PAW).

The investigators have recently examined four witnesses to find their whereabouts after pocketing new information. One of them is PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto on Monday, June 10. During the examination, KPK investigators also confiscated cellphones and notebooks that were claimed to contain the 2024 Pilkada winner held by Hasto Kristiyanto Staff, Kusnadi. This made PDIP suspected that politicization had occurred.

In addition, the confiscation resulted in reporting to the KPK Supervisory Board to Komnas HAM. Anti-corruption commission investigators are considered to have worked by not following the applicable rules.

In fact, Kusnadi's lawyer, Ronny Talapessy and his team also returned to provide additional evidence to the KPK Supervisory Board on Thursday, June 20. He said Commissioner Rossa Purbo Bekti was suspected of committing a serious ethical violation.

Ronny claimed that Hasto's confiscation process from Kusnadi, who was his staff, did not go through the correct legal process. For example, when Kompol Rossa apparently lied to his client who was not a litigant.

In addition, Ronny also accused investigators of falsifying signatures. For what reason, the valid letter is a letter in which on April 23, Kusnadi's brother also gave initials," Ronny told reporters at the ACLC KPK Building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Thursday, June 20.

"But yesterday we were given a letter on April 10, we saw that our allegations were re-engineered. So that the first sheet of Kusnadi's brother did not initialize but on the second sheet he signed. What does that mean, we see that the ongoing process at the KPK by investigators has violated the law," he continued.

This condition made Ronny ask the KPK Supervisory Board to move immediately. Moreover, there are allegations of political nuances in the Harun Masiku case.

"And we see that there are allegations of criminalization against the Secretary General of the PDI-P because the processes we have followed are a process that has been wrong in the eyes of the law," he concluded.