KPK Will Call Again Febri Diansyah After Eid

KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika (Photo: dock VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will recall its former spokesman who is now the lawyer for PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto, Febri Diansyah after Eid. Investigators need his information regarding the bribery case related to the interim replacement management (PAW) case.

"Brother F is rescheduled for the next examination, possibly after Eid al-Fitr or Eid later," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika to reporters quoted on Saturday, March 29.

Febri should have been examined by investigators as a witness on Thursday, March 27. However, this examination was not carried out because the investigator's task force handling the case was examining his younger brother, Fathroni Diansyah at the same time.

Fathroni was examined as a witness to the alleged money laundering crime (TPPU) that ensnared former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo. These two cases were investigated by the same task force.

Meanwhile, Fathroni should have been questioned on Monday, March 24. However, he asked for a reschedule because he joined Hasto's team of lawyers who sat as a defendant in the PAW bribery case and the obstruction of the investigation of former PDIP candidate Harun Masiku.

Previously reported, the KPK has not detained two suspects in the bribery case for the interim replacement (PAW) of members of the Indonesian House of Representatives for the 2019-2024 period. They are Donny Tri Istiqomah as lawyers from PDIP and Harun Masiku who are still at large.

Meanwhile, PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto, who was involved in the bribery case, is currently undergoing trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court.

He was charged with intervening the investigation as stipulated in Article 21 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, which has been amended by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001, and Article 65 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code. Prosecutors assessed that Hasto played a role in Harun's escape during a hand arrest operation (OTT) in 2020.

It did not stop there, the prosecutor also accused Hasto of being involved in giving bribes to the former KPU Commissioner, Wahyu Setiawan. The Rp600 million bribe was given together by PDIP advocate Donny Tri Istiqomah, PDIP cadre Saeful Bahri, and Harun Masiku through former Bawaslu member Agustiani Tio.

This gift is intended so that Harun can sit as a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives with an interim replacement mechanism.