Prosecutors Yakin Hasto Sosok 'Father' Who Was Meant By Harun Masiku Even Though There Were 28 Men In The DPP

PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto/DOK ANTARA/Agatha Olivia Victoria)

JAKARTA - The Public Prosecutor (JPU) at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) believes that the Secretary General of PDIP, Hasto Kristiyanto is the figure of 'Father' who asked Harun Masiku to remain at the PDIP DPP so that his whereabouts are not known by KPK investigators.

Although, in the DPP structure, there are 28 men and it is considered that the Hasto camp cannot be associated with the figure of the Secretary General of the PDIP.

"In his plea, the defendant and the defendant's legal adviser argued that in the DPP there were 37 people, of whom 28 were men, so that the mention of you could not be associated with only the defendant. That the pretext was not true because according to expert Dr Frans Asisi Datang, he argued that the logical and illogical connection was based on the text and context. The existence of the words of your father's mandate cannot be separated from the context of the incident as outlined in the above point one," said the prosecutor when reading the replica at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Monday, July 14.

According to the prosecutor, the figure of 'Father' referred to Hasto because it was understood by Harun Masiku and the security guard of the PDIP DPP office, Nurhasan.

"When Harun Masiku asked, 'where are you' or 'where are you told me', then Nurhasan did not ask who the father Harun Masiku was, among the 28 men in the DPP. He immediately understood by answering, 'you are outside, Mr. Harun ordered to be on standby at the DPP'," he said.

Thus, the prosecutor stated that Hasto's argument for defense that there were 28 men in the DPP so that the figure of 'Father' cannot be associated with him is baseless. Therefore, the panel of judges was asked to put it aside.

"That we have derived the series of evidences in the indictment page 1,286 to 1,295, so that it forms a logical and rational conclusion that what you mean is the defendant. Thus, the pretext of the defendant and the defendant's legal advisor is baseless and should be ruled out," said the prosecutor.

At the previous trial, Hasto read out his memorandum of defense which denied all the prosecutors' charges regarding his involvement in cases of alleged bribery and investigation warnings.

One of the objections that Hasto conveyed regarding the provision of bribe funds for the management of PAW Harun Masiku was worth Rp. 400 million. Hasto emphasized that all the bribe funds came from Harun Masiku.

For the progress of the trial, Hasto was charged by the Public Prosecutor (JPU) with 7 years in prison. In addition, the prosecutor also charged Hasto Kristiyanto with a fine of Rp. 600 million. If it is not paid, it will be replaced with a prison sentence of 6 months.

In this case, Hasto was charged 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.