Djoko Tjandra Denies Knowing Harun Masiku, KPK: Investigators Will Prove It Through Evidence

Djoko Tjandra at the KPK building/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that Djoko Tjandra could not simply be summoned by investigators without any interest in the bribery case for the interim replacement management (PAW) of DPR members involving his fugitive, Harun Masiku.

This was conveyed by KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika in response to the employer's objection to knowing former PDIP candidate Harun Masiku after undergoing examination as a witness today.

According to him, investigators must have had evidence before making a call.

"Of course later it will be the investigator's job to prove or find which evidence to put into the case file. That is the function of calling witnesses, there is confirmation with the existing evidence," Tessa told reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, April 9.

Tessa said investigators suspect Djoko had met Harun Masiku in Malaysia. The entrepreneur even asked Harun to take care of something.

However, he did not reveal in detail the type of assistance Djoko asked for.

"The discussion is related to a request from DST to HM to help take care of something," he said.

"But the details cannot be conveyed at this time," continued the spokesman with the investigator's background.

Djoko Tjandra after undergoing the examination admitted that he did not know Harun Masiku, who was still at large. He conveyed this after undergoing an examination at the KPK's Merah Putih building.

Meanwhile, Djoko Tjandra is a convict of corruption in Bank Bali's collection rights and is involved in the dispute over the case of prosecutor Pinangki Sirna Malasari.

"There is no question, wong I don't know. I don't know how I want to tell you," he said after being examined for about 3.5 hours.

Djoko also denied knowing the Secretary General of PDIP Hasto Kristiyanto and Donny Tri Istiqomah who are lawyers from PDIP.

Previously reported, the KPK has not detained two suspects in the bribery case for the interim replacement (PAW) of members of the DPR 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.

The prosecutor assessed that Hasto played a role in Harun's escape during the 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 DPR with an interim replacement mechanism.