KPK Ready To Face Hasto's Pretrial Lawsuit At The South Jakarta District Court

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

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is ready to face a pretrial lawsuit filed by the Secretary General of the PDI-P (PDIP) Hasto Kristiyanto at the South Jakarta District Court (PN). The legal bureau will carry out the process.

"KPK through the Legal bureau will face and oversee the pretrial process of the suspect HK," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika to reporters at the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Friday, January 10.

Tessa said every suspect has the right to file a pretrial.

"KPK respects the legal remedies made by the suspect," he said.

Hasto filed a pretrial lawsuit on Friday, January 10. The application has been registered with case number 5/Pid.Pra/2025/PN JKT.SEL.

Djumyanto will later become the sole judge. The first trial with the agenda of summoning the respondent and the applicant will be held on Tuesday, January 21.

Previously reported, the KPK developed an interim replacement bribery (PAW) case that ensnared former KPU commissioner Wahyu Setiawan and his fugitive, Harun Masiku. Two people were later named as suspects, namely PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto and Donny Tri Istiqomah who are PDIP cadres as well as lawyers.

It didn't stop there, Hasto was also a suspect in the obstruction of the investigation. He is suspected of trying to obstruct the legal process, one of which is by asking Harun to damage his cellphone and run away after the hand arrest operation (OTT) was carried out.

In this case, Hasto has been summoned by investigators to be questioned as a suspect on Monday, January 6 yesterday. However, he asked for a postponement because there was a series of PDIP Anniversary events that had already been scheduled.

He then confirmed that he would fulfill the investigator's summons on Monday, January 13. Hasto admitted that he was ready to undergo the legal process with full responsibility and would cooperate.