KPK Prosecutor: Criminal Claims Are Not Facilities For Revenge Against Hasto

PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto ahead of the trial at the Jakarta/PHOTO Corruption Court: Rizky Adytia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Public Prosecutor (JPU) at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) stated that the prosecution for the alleged bribery case for the management of the replacement between the time (PAW) of the DPR for the 2019-2024 period and the obstruction of Harun Masiku's investigation was not a means of revenge for the Secretary General of the PDI-P, Hasto Kristiyanto.

Criminal charges are referred to merely as a lesson so that similar mistakes do not happen again.

"That this criminal charge is not a means of revenge, but a lesson so that similar mistakes do not happen again in the future," said Prosecutor Wawan Yunarwanto during a trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Thursday, July 3.

The 1,300-page indictment was also prepared based on evidence revealed at the trial and conclusions from the prosecutor's team.

Wawan also said that the KPK prosecutor did not pursue Hasto's confession but the facts revealed at the trial.

"The Public Prosecutor believes that lies at this time are the debt of truth in the future, what needs to be noted that in order to prove this case, the Public Prosecutor does not pursue the defendant's confession but refers more to the evidence that has been revealed at trial," said Wawan.

In this case, Hasto together with advocate Donny Tri Istiqomah, former PDIP cadre Saeful Bahri, and Harun Masiku were charged with giving bribes of Rp 600 million to Wahyu Setiawan (KPU commissioner) in the 2019-2020 period.

This bribe is so that Wahyu seeks the KPU to approve the application of PAW for the South Sumatra Election Candidate (Sumsel) I on behalf of DPR members for the 2019-2024 period Riezky Aprilia to Harun Masiku.

Hasto was also charged with obstructing the investigation by ordering Harun, through the Aspiration House guard, Nur Hasan, to submerge Harun's cell phone into the water after the KPK OTT incident against Wahyu Setiawan.

Not only Harun Masiku's cellphone, Hasto is also said to have ordered his aide, Kusnadi, to drown his cell phone in anticipation of forced attempts by KPK investigators.

Hasto was charged with Article 21 and Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or Article 13 of Law (UU) Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1) and Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.