Hasto Kristiyanto Sentenced To 3.5 Years In Prison, Proven By PAW's Bribery Harun Masiku

PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto/ANTARA PHOTO/BAYU PRATAMA S)

Secretary General of the PDI-P Hasto Kristiyanto was found guilty in the alleged bribery case for the arrangement of the replacement between the DPR (PAW) for the 2019-2024 period. The panel of judges sentenced Hasto to 4 years in prison.

"The defendant Hasto Kristiyanto was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison," said Chairman of the Panel of Judges, Rios Rahmanto, during a trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Friday, July 25.

In addition to imprisonment, the panel of judges also imposed a fine on Hasto Kristiyanto of Rp250 million.

The criminal fine is imposed on the condition that if it is not paid, it will be replaced with imprisonment for three months.

"With the provision that if the fine is not paid, it will be replaced with imprisonment for 3 months," said Judge Rios

In this case, Hasto's actions were proven to fulfill the elements of Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a of the Corruption Crime Act (Tipikor).

The verdict of the panel of judges is lower than the demands of the Public Prosecutor (JPU). Hasto was previously charged with imprisonment for 7 years and a fine of Rp600 million.

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.