KPK Regrets Uncle Birin's Lawsuit Granted By South Jakarta District Court, Alludes To Lex's Specialist

KPK Spokesperson Tessa Mahardika/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) regrets the attitude of the South Jakarta District Court (PN) in granting Sahbirin Noor or Uncle Birin's pretrial lawsuit.

The panel of judges is considered not to consider the specialities or lex specialists of the KPK Law Number 19 of 2019.

"The eradication of corruption carried out by the KPK is lex specialis or special, so the judge should consider the congenitation of the lex specialist owned by the KPK," said KPK Spokesperson Tessa Mahardika to reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, November 12.

Tessa then explained that the determination of the suspect Uncle Birin was carried out by his institution starting with a hand arrest operation (OTT). There are two pieces of evidence that underlie this effort.

Even so, the KPK still respects the judge's decision. Tessa said her agency was waiting for a copy of the verdict to be studied later.

"KPK still respects the pretrial judge's decision which has been determined and we will immediately study the minutes of the decision to consider what further steps will be taken," said the spokesman with the investigator's background.

As previously reported, the South Jakarta District Court (PN) accepted the pretrial lawsuit of the Governor of South Kalimantan Sahbirin Noor or Uncle Birin. The status of the suspect of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) which he is holding is death.

"Trial: in the main case of accepting and granting the petitioner's petition in part," said South Jakarta District Court Single Judge Afrizal Hady when reading the verdict on Tuesday, November 12.

The judge is of the opinion that the appointment of Uncle Birin as a suspect in the alleged bribery by the KPK as the respondent is considered invalid and not binding. Because, he was not caught in the hand arrest operation (OTT).

In addition, KPK investigators have not examined Uncle Birin. This is known from the absence of evidence brought by the KPK Legal Bureau.

"The examination as a potential suspect was not carried out by the respondent (KPK, ed)," said the judge.

Meanwhile, Uncle Birin was named a suspect in receiving bribes along with four other people. They are the Head of the Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUPR) of the South Kalimantan Provincial Government Ahmad Solhan (SOL), the Head of Cipta Karya as well as the Commitment Making Officer (PPK) of the South Kalimantan Provincial Government Yulianti Erlynah (YUL), the Management of the Tahfidz Darussalam House as well as the collectors of money or fees Ahmad (AMD) and Plt. Head of the Household of the Governor of South Kalimantan Agustya Febry Andrean (FEB).

Meanwhile, as the suspect givers, namely Sugeng Wahyudi (YUD) and Andi Susanto (AND) as private parties. A total of seven suspects were named by the KPK which began with a hand arrest operation (OTT) on Sunday, October 6.

This gift was made after Sugeng and Andi got three projects in South Kalimantan. The details:

1. Construction of Football Fields in the Integrated Sports Area of South Kalimantan Province with selected provider PT WKM (Wismani Kharya Mandiri) with a work value of IDR 23 billion;

2. Integrated Samsat Development with selected provider PT HIU (Haryadi Indo Utama) with a work value of IDR 22 billion;

3. Development of Swimming Pools in the Integrated Sports Area of South Kalimantan Province with the selected provider CV BBB (Bunt Banua Bersama) with a work value of IDR 9 billion.