The KPK's Reason For Havo's Goods Confiscated By Investigators: If Not Related To Harun Masiku, It Will Be Returned

PDI-P Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto has fulfilled the summons of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) today, Monday, June 10, 2024 (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said the confiscated goods would be returned by investigators if they were not related to certain cases. No exception cellphones and records belonging to the Secretary General of the PDI Perjuangan (PDIP) Hasto Kristiyanto were taken forcibly from his staff, Kusnadi.

"If there is no connection around the case being handled, it is usually returned," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardika to VOI, Tuesday, July 2.

However, investigators will first conduct an analysis. The return was made after it was confirmed that the object was not related to the case being handled.

"Yes, (the process is normal directly, ed) to those who confiscated the goods," he said.

Previously reported, Ronny Talapessy, who is the attorney for the staff of the PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto, Kusnadi, sued the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator to the South Jakarta District Court (PN) on Monday, July 1. They urged the confiscated books to be returned because they were not related to the Harun Masiku case.

"My friends and the legal aid agency and advocacy of representatives from DKI and also Banten and other regional areas will follow, we are registering a lawsuit related to the confiscation of party-owned books," Ronny told reporters at the South Jakarta District Court.

Ronny said the investigators in question were Rossa Purbo Bekti and his friends. This lawsuit was filed based on the aspirations of party cadres.

"That what the KPK investigators have done is arbitrary and we, the PDI-P, still believe in the law, so we take this legal action," he said.

"So that we PDI-P get justice," he continued.

Instead of dealing with Harun Masiku, Ronny said the notes and cellphones actually contained the party's movement. So, it has nothing to do with the anti-corruption commission to make forced efforts.

The investigators carried out the confiscation of Hasto's belongings from Kusnadi on Monday, June 10. At that time, they were asking for information from the former member of the Indonesian House of Representatives regarding Harun's whereabouts.

Harun Masiku has now been a fugitive for four years. He is a suspected briber of former KPU commissioner Wahyu Setiawan to serve as a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives through an interim replacement mechanism (PAW).