The Corruption Eradication Commission Supervisory Board Holds Trial On Violation Of Code Of Ethics Investigator Stepanus As 'Case Broker'

Gedung KPK (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will hold a verdict on the alleged violation of the code of ethics by one of its investigators from the police, Stepanus Robin Pattuju.

He is suspected of receiving bribes from the Mayor of Tanjungbalai M Syahrial to stop the investigation into the alleged corruption that involved him.

The verdict was read at 09.30 a.m. local time at the ACLC KPK Building, Jalan Rasuna Said, South Jakarta.

"There is an agenda for reading the decision by the Ethics Council of the KPK Council regarding the ethics trial of KPK employees on behalf of Stepanus Robin Pattuju", the KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Affairs Ali Fikri told reporters, Monday, May 31.

In investigating the alleged violation of this code of ethics by Robin, the KPK Supervisory Board has conducted an examination and trial. In fact, Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabaean, et al summoned the Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Azis Syamsuddin.

Azis was dragged into the vortex of the alleged bribery case of KPK investigators because he was suspected of introducing Stepanus to M Syahrial, before the conspiracy took place. This introduction was made at his official residence and Azis is said to have known the KPK investigator from his assistant.

As previously reported, the KPK has named its investigators, Stepanus Robin Pattuju, a lawyer named Maskur Husain, and the Mayor of Tanjungbalai M. Syahrial as suspects in the alleged bribery case handling the sale and purchase of positions at the Tanjungbalai City Government.

Stepanus Robin Pattuju and Maskur Husain are suspected of having received bribes from M. Syahrial in the amount of IDR 1.3 billion from an agreement of IDR 1.5 billion. The bribe was given so that the investigator can help stop the investigation into the alleged sale and purchase of positions in Tanjungbalai which is being investigated by the KPK.

In addition to bribes from Syahrial, Maskur Husain is also suspected of receiving IDR 200 million from other parties. Meanwhile, Stepanus from October 2020 to April 2021 was also suspected of receiving money from other parties through bank account transfers in the name of Riefka Amalia, amounting to IDR 438 million.