Investigators Urged By ICW To Check KPK Deputy Chairperson Lili Pintauli Siregar About The Tanjungbalai Walkot, Dewas Asked To Confiscate Her Cellphone

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JAKARTA - KPK Deputy Chairperson Lili Pintauli Siregar should be examined by investigators. This is to straighten out Lili's connection with the alleged bribery case of KPK investigator AKP Stepanus Robin Pattuju and the Mayor of Tanjungbalai M Syahrial.

This was conveyed by Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW). This summons must be made because of the alleged communication between the Mayor of Tanjungbalai M Syahrial which is suspected of being related to the termination of investigations into corruption cases.

"KPK deputy chairperson Lili Pintauli Siregar should be examined by investigators. This is to straighten out Lili's connection with the suspected bribery case of investigators," said ICW researcher Kurnia Ramadhana in a written statement to VOI, Monday, May 3.

Apart from investigating this case, summons also need to be made to investigate important matters whether Lili is also related to the Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament Azis Syamsuddin and the two suspects in this case, Stepanus and M Syahrial.

Furthermore, Kurnia also asked Lili not to be involved in the decision-making process in this bribery case. "To prevent conflicts of interest," he said.

He also asked the KPK Supervisory Board to immediately summon Lili regarding the alleged violation of the code of ethics. Not only that, he also asked Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean, cs, to confiscate a communication device belonging to the deputy chairman of the KPK.

This aims to prove whether or not there is communication between Lili and Syahrial. Moreover, Kurnia was suspicious of Lili's statement some time ago.

"This confiscation is important to trace two issues, namely whether there was really any communication with the Mayor of Tanjung Balai after he was officially investigated by the KPK? Then, is there any other communication with the regional head that the KPK is also investigating," said Kurnia.

According to this anti-corruption activist, Lili's statement was unclear and ambiguous. When delivering his clarification, he admitted that he had never met Syahrial.

"But in another part, the KPK commissioner said he could not avoid communicating with regional heads," he said.

Previously reported, Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Lili Pintauli Siregar denied that he had ever communicated with the Mayor of Tanjungbalai M Syahrial. Apart from that, he also emphasized that he had never helped the handling of the corruption case that ensnared the politician.

He conveyed this to clarify the information circulating regarding M Syahrial, who was a KPK investigator bribe from the AKP police, Stepanus Robin Pattuju, trying to contact him.

"That I firmly say that I have never communicated with the MS suspect regarding the handling of the case concerned, let alone assisting in the handling of the case being handled by the KPK," said Lili in a press conference, Friday, April 30.

The information related to the communication that M Syahrial and Lili Pintauli were trying to establish was conveyed by the Coordinator of the Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) Boyamin Saiman. However, Boyamin does not know the continuation of this communication effort.

In a bribery case related to the termination of the case at the Tanjungbalai City Government, the KPK has determined and detained three people. They are KPK investigators from elements of the Bhayangkara Corps AKP Stepanus Robin Pattuju, Mayor of Tanjungbalai M Syahrial, and lawyer Maskur Husain.

In this case, Stepanus and Maskur were suspected of violating Article 12 letter a or letter b or Article 11 and Article 12B of the Corruption Eradication Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) k-1 of the Criminal Code. Meanwhile, MS was suspected of violating Article 5 paragraph 1 letter a or b or Article 12 of the Corruption Eradication Law.