Samin Tan Arrested, What Is The Fate Of Other KPK Fugitives?

Gedung KPK (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested the owner of PT Borneo Lumbung Energi and Metal (PT BORN), Samin Tan. Furthermore, the anti-graft commission asked other fugitives to surrender immediately, especially since the location of their hiding was already known.

Getting information from the public, the KPK moved to arrest Samin, who had been a fugitive since May 6, 2020. This arrest was carried out by the anti-gas commission task force team on Monday, April 5 at a cafe on MH Thamrin Street.

"The team moved and monitored the whereabouts of the suspect who was in a cafe on MH Thamrin Street, Central Jakarta and immediately arrested", said KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution, Karyoto in a press conference broadcast on the YouTube account of the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Tuesday, April 6.

The KPK has previously conducted searches in various places. However, this effort did not succeed in arresting the bribe of the former Deputy Chairman of Commission VII DPR RI/Parliament Eni Maulani Saragih.

"With the appointment of the suspect SMT (Samin Tan) as DPO, the KPK investigative team with the assistance of the National Police continues to coordinate and actively conduct searches for the DPO, among others by conducting house searches in various places around the Jakarta area", she said.

Next, Samin was taken to the KPK building to be examined. Then, he will be detained for the first 20 days at the KPK Detention Center, the Red and White Building of the KPK. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he will first undergo independent isolation for 14 days in the Rutan KPK, Kavling C1 Branch.

The case that dragged Samin Tan was the case development of Eni Maulani Saragih's hand-catching operation (OTT). In this case, Samin Tan allegedly gave bribes to be assisted in the process of processing the termination of PT AKT's PKP2B contract at the ESDM Ministry. PT AKT has been acquired by PT BORN.

At that time, Eni agreed to Samin Tan's request. Eni, as a member of the Mineral and Coal Mining Committee at Commission VII DPR RI, even used a hearing meeting forum to influence the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

Not only that, he is also suspected of asking Samin Tan for a sum of money for the Regional election needs of her husband, Muhammad Al Khadziq in Temanggung Regency. The giving took place in two stages through Samin Tan's staff and Eni's experts.

The first stage giving was carried out on June 1, 2018, amounting to IDR 4 billion and the second giving occurred on June 22, 2018 amounting to IDR 1 billion. Meanwhile, the bribe that Eni received from Samin Tan was IDR 5 billion.

For his actions, Samin Tan is suspected of violating Article 5 Paragraph (1) letter a or Article 13 of Law Number 31 Year 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 Year 2001 Concerning Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 64 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

So what happened to the other fugitives?

All KPK fugitives were asked to surrender because the KPK was actively looking for them. This appeal was also conveyed by Karyoto at the press conference on the detention of Samin Tan.

"I appeal to the other DPOs who are still not caught, I beg to be able to surrender themselves", said KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution, Karyoto in a press conference broadcast on the KPK RI YouTube account, Tuesday, April 6.

He emphasized that the KPK has never played games in its search for fugitives. His party, even made a special team that focused on this in order to prove their seriousness in catching the fugitives.

"(The fugitive search team, red) we will leave their daily duties", he said.

Karyoto said the team was aware of the whereabouts of the fugitives. However, Karyoto did not want to give details to keep the search process smooth.

"I will not tell you about the existence of other DPOs (wanted list) but hopefully this is part of the team's work", he said.

He made sure the capture of other fugitives was a matter of time. The KPK guarantees that all fugitives will be arrested and held to account for their actions.

"When we arrive, we will arrest someone (the person, red)", he said.

After successfully arresting and trying the former Secretary of the Supreme Court (MA) Nurhadi and his son-in-law, Riezky Herbiyono and arresting Samin Tan, now the KPK still has the task of arresting other fugitives.

Those who are still at large are Harun Masiku who is a former PDI-P candidate who bribed the former KPU Commissioner Wahyu Setiawan and Kirana Kotama who were suspects in the 2014 procurement case for the SSV ship for the Philippine government involving PT PAL.

In addition, the KPK is still pursuing Izil Azhar, who was caught in the case of gratification by the Governor of Aceh for the 2007-2012 period and Surya Darmadi, who was caught in a bribery case for forest function conversion in Riau Province.

Meanwhile, Sjamsul Nursalim and Itjih Nursalim are no longer fugitives. This happened after the KPK issued a Letter of Termination of Investigation (SP3) related to the corruption case of the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance Certificate (SKL).