JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) respects the granting of rehabilitation to the former board of directors of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) by President Prabowo Subianto. This decision is referred to as a prerogative that can be taken.
Prabowo gave rehabilitation to Ira Puspadewi as former Director of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry; former Director of Planning and Development of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry, Harry Muhammad Adhi Caksono, and former Commercial and Service Director of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry.
The three of them are known to have been found guilty by the Jakarta Corruption Court regarding the alleged corruption in the acquisition and business cooperation (KSU) of PT Jembatan Nusantara on Thursday, November 20.
"KPK respects the rehabilitation decision given by the President as the prerogative of the President to the three directors of PT ASDP," said Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu to reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, November 25 evening.
Asep further emphasized that the KPK has carried out its duties in investigating allegations of corruption committed by Ira et al. Investigators, investigators and public prosecutors who handle this case formally, our work has been tested with pretrial submissions and we have also passed it," he said.
"This means that formally what investigators and investigators do does not violate the law," continued Asep, who also serves as Director of KPK Investigation.
Meanwhile, when asked about the event of providing rehabilitation for Ira et al., this will set a bad precedent for eradicating corruption, Asep does not want to answer further. "This is a matter of perspective, yes. The point of view of us, yes, we carry out the task is investigation, investigation, prosecution, then the execution will be," he explained.
"... The formal result, yes, in the form of a formal, has also been tested in the form of a pretrial. So in the pretrial, the pretrial proposed by the suspects at that time, was rejected. It means that what we do from a material point of view, that's yes, the implementation is in accordance with the law or not, that's right."
As previously reported, President Prabowo Subianto signed the granting of rehabilitation for three parties involved in the legal case of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry. They are Ira Puspadewi as former Director of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry; former Director of Planning and Development of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry, Harry Muhammad Adhi Caksono, and former Commercial and Service Director of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry.
The decision was conveyed by Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Sufmi Dasco Ahmad in a press statement with Minister of State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi and Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya at the Presidential office, Jakarta, Tuesday, November 25.
"From the results of communication with the government, thank God there are today, the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr. Prabowo Subianto has signed a letter of rehabilitation for the three names," he said.
He said the President was observing a series of communications between the DPR and the government regarding the dynamics of the case that has been sticking out since July 2024. Dasco explained, since the ASDP case rolled out, his party has received various complaints and aspirations from the public and community groups.
Following up on this, the leadership of the DPR asked Commission III as a legal sector partner to conduct an in-depth study of the progress of the case investigation.
Meanwhile, Ira Puspadewi et al were found guilty in the corruption case of the acquisition and business cooperation (KSU) of PT Jembatan Nusantara by PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry. He was later sentenced to 4.5 years and a fine of IDR 500 million by the Jakarta Corruption Court.
Meanwhile, the former Director of Planning and Development of PT ASDP, Harry Muhammad Adhi Caksono, and former Director of Commercial and Services of PT ASDP, Muhammad Yusuf Hadi was sentenced to 4 years and a fine of Rp250 million. They were found guilty and committed corruption together as the second alternative indictment Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999.
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