The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Calls Firli Bahuri And The Leaders Of The 2019-2024 Period In The Hasto Case

KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto (DOK Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said Firli Bahuri's statement and four leaders for the 2019-2024 period in the bribery case for the interim replacement process (PAW) of members of the Indonesian House of Representatives who ensnared the Secretary General of the PDI-P (PDIP) Hasto Kristiyanto had not yet been needed.

This was conveyed by the Chairman of the KPK, Setyo Budiyanto, when asked about the alleged leadership of the anti-corruption commission for the period prevented Hasto from being named a suspect. Investigators said they did not need their information.

"Investigators do not need examinations of the old leadership, especially FB (Firli Bahuri)," said KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, quoted on Friday, February 21.

"This belief arises because investigators have not submitted a request to examine Firli or other leaders in that period," continued Setyo. Until today, this need has not been informed," said the former Inspector General of the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan).

The KPK Legal Bureau Team revealed the rejection of the determination of the suspect against Hasto Kristiyanto in the Firli Bahuri et al era in a pretrial hearing at the Jakarta District Court (PN). Even though at that time the PAW bribery case, a member of the DPR, which began with a hand arrest operation (OTT), had been traced in detail in case exposure.

"But at that time (the 2019-2024 period, ed) had not agreed to raise the status of the applicant (Hasto, ed) as a suspect because he was waiting for the progress of the investigation results," said a member of the KPK Legal Bureau Team in a pretrial hearing against Hasto's camp, Thursday, February 6.

Previously reported, PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto was officially detained in connection with the bribery case for the interim replacement (PAW) of members of the DPR RI and the obstruction of the investigation on Thursday, February 20. He will occupy the State Detention Center Branch of the Class I State Detention Center in East Jakarta for 20 days and can be extended according to the needs of investigators.

Hasto was charged with Article 21 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crimes Jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.

As for the bribery case related to PAW, members of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), the process will be carried out stimulus. This is because the investigation warrant (sprindik) issued on December 23, 2024, focuses more on the application of Article 21.