Police Assisted KPK In Arresting Nurhadi, Including During Searches And Arrests

The suspect of bribery and graft, former Secretary of the Supreme Court (MA) Nurhadi. (Documentation: Public Relations of KPK)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Nurul Ghufron said the efforts to arrest two fugitives in the case of alleged bribery and gratuities that ensnared former Supreme Court Secretary Nurhadi and his son-in-law, Riezky Herbiyono, were assisted by the police.

He even said that even though Nurhadi and Riezky had been arrested, the cooperation would not stop. Moreover, until now there is still a fugitive who has not been arrested in this case, namely the Director of PT Multicon Indrajaya Terminal (MIT) Hiendra Soenjoto.

"The arrest of the two DPOs confirms that the coordination between the KPK and the National Police to search and arrest the DPOs will continue," Ghufron said in a press conference after the arrest of Nurhadi and Riezky, which was broadcast on the KPK RI YouTube account, Tuesday, June 2.

"This includes DPOs on behalf of HS who are suspected of grafting bribes and / or gratuities in this case," he added.

Deputy for Enforcement of the Corruption Eradication Commission Karyoto also emphasized that the KPK and the National Police were working together in coordination to make arrests. This cooperation, he said, also denied the issue that Nurhadi had been closely guarded by other law enforcement officers, even getting a premium security code.

"Until last night we coordinated with the security apparatus to arrest them together. That we then entered there was not the slightest obstacle," said Karyoto at the press conference.

"If later someone stated that he was being guarded, guarded, we entered the room (where Nurhadi and Riezky were hiding) without any obstruction from any party," he said.

As for the reason the KPK was forced to dismantle the lock on the fence and door to Nurhadi's safe house, he said, was because the suspect was not cooperative and did not want to open the door for the investigating team who came to him.

"The person concerned did not open the door because he might be afraid or whatever, so we forcefully opened it. But there was no obstacle or obstacle from any party," said Karyoto.

In this case, the KPK suspected Nurhadi and his son-in-law, Riezky Herbiyono, of receiving bribes and gratuities worth Rp46 billion. The bribe was allegedly given by the Director of PT Multicon Indrajaya Terminal (MIT) Hiendra Soenjoto. The KPK suspects Hiendra of giving the money for a number of civil cases involving his company.

There were three cases of Nurhadi's bribery and gratification, the first was the PT MIT vs PT Kawasan Berikat Nusantara civil case, the second was a share dispute at PT MIT, and the third was gratification related to a number of cases in court.

Riezky as Nurhadi's son-in-law allegedly received nine checks on behalf of PT MIT from PT MIT Director Hiendra Soenjoto to take care of the case. The check was received when handling the PT MIT vs PT KBN case.

The KPK made Nurhadi a fugitive after not being cooperative in fulfilling the summons of KPK investigators. Investigations in this case have been carried out since December 6, 2019, and for the purpose of investigating the suspects, they have been prevented from leaving the country since December 12, 2019.

Nurhadi has even submitted a pretrial and was rejected by the South Jakarta District Court Judge on January 21, 2020.

For these actions, Nurhadi and Riezky were later suspected of violating Article 12 letter a or Article 12 letter b subsidiary to Article 5 paragraph (2) more than a subsidiary of Article 11 and / or Article 12B of Law Number 31 Year 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code.