JAKARTA - KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto revealed the reason for not arresting the suspects in the case of alleged corruption in the management of social assistance funds of the Bank Indonesia and the Financial Services Authority in 2020-2023 (CSR BI-OJK) and the suspects in the 2024 Hajj quota corruption case.
Setyo emphasized that the detention of the suspect was the authority of the investigators.
It is known that in the BI-OJK CSR corruption case, two suspects from members of the DPR, namely Satori and Heri Gunawan, were said to have received a total of Rp. 28.38 billion. As for the Hajj quota corruption case, the KPK has named former Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and his staff Ishfah Abidal Aziz as suspects.
"I think that consideration is more to the aspect, yes, maybe it can be said that it is only technical. The matter handled by the enforcement authority is quite a lot. Then if compared to the existing task force, 20, each task force is personally not many. Then add to that there are some who are handling post-OTT cases," said Setyo at the DPR building, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday, January 28.
"Well, after OTT, it requires a speed, yes, that means the speed because the status has been detained. 1 x 24 hours the investigator must ensure that the status is clear rather than several parties who are carried out, secured or brought to the KPK building. I think it is, it will be Mas Asep, the deputy for enforcement, that's it," he continued.
When asked whether the detention was just waiting for time, Setyo emphasized that it was the authority of the investigators.
"Yes, if it's a matter of time, that's it, if it's a matter of time, we will return it to the absolute authority of the investigator," he said.
Setyo said the KPK leadership could not force the arrest of the suspects to be accelerated. Because, he said, the consideration for detention is in the hands of investigators.
"We want to force it, the leadership wants it, I and Mr. Ibnu want to force this quickly or whatever, on the one hand, there is a case that must be immediately transferred to the prosecutor due to the limitation of the problem of the duration of the detention period. Not to mention the process there is confiscation, there is blocking, there is expropriation and others that are being carried out by the investigators. Well, if it is then set aside, don't let it be free and sentenced just because the detention period is over and the case file is not finished. I am sure that is the principle of consideration held by the investigators," he explained.
"So please, the matter of time is once again the authority of the investigator," added Setyo.
However, Setyo emphasized that the leadership of the KPK would still carry out control over the handling of cases. "So yes, if it takes too long, of course we will ask what the problem is," he said.
"But when we later get an explanation from the deputy of the director of investigations from the task force and the explanation we consider rational, reasonable, accountable, not against the law, we let them go back to the authority of the investigator," concluded Setyo.
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