The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has denied accusations by the PDI-P (PDIP) legal team that there was coercion and persuasion against witnesses in the interim replacement bribery (PAW) case of members of the DPR and the obstruction of the investigation that ensnared PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto. The process is confirmed in accordance with applicable regulations.
"Investigators conduct professional investigations. We will also not do things that are prohibited by the Criminal Procedure Code or other laws," said KPK Investigation Director Asep Guntur Rahayu to reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Friday, January 10.
Asep also ensured that every request for information, not only in the case that ensnared Hasto, was carried out by referring to human rights (HAM). "What investigators do is not targeting anyone," he said.
"(The request for information, ed) proves the suspicion of the person who is a suspect in accordance with the alleged article," continued Asep.
The witness emphasized that the KPK could not just be forced. In fact, Asep said, in the investigation report (BAP) there were questions to confirm this.
"So the witness must be free from pressure. Why, if the witness is forced to be investigated, in court he can withdraw his statement. So the statement is invalid," he said.
Even so, the KPK invites all parties to have opinions. All the facts presented by the witness will be open at trial, said Asep.
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Previously reported, the PDIP legal team admitted that it had received information that a witness was forced and persuaded to the Secretary General of PDIP Hasto Kristiyanto as a suspect in the alleged bribery in the management of the interim replacement (PAW) for members of the DPR and the obstruction of the investigation.
Chairman of the PDIP DPP for Legal Reform Ronny B. Talapessy regretted this. In fact, he was surprised because a number of witnesses had already been tested at trial in a similar case.
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.
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.
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