KPK Investigate Receipt And Use Of Money Former Investigator Stepanus 'Case Broker'

Gedung KPK (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - Investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) examined five witnesses in the case that ensnared their former investigator, Stepanus Robin Pattuju, on Tuesday, July 27.

Stepanus is an investigator from the police element who became a suspect in the alleged bribery case handling the case of the Mayor of Tanjungbalai M Syahrial.

"All witnesses were present and confirmed, among others, that they are related to the alleged receipt of various sums of money and their use by the suspect SRP (Stepanus Robin Pattuju)," Acting KPK Spokesperson for Prevention Ali Fikri told reporters quoted on Wednesday, July 28.

The five witnesses examined were all from the private sector. They are Rudolf Paul, Muahir, Adelia Safitri, Aston Hutabarat, and Aditya Ginting.

Previously, the KPK named three suspects, namely Stepanus Robin Pattuju, a lawyer named Maskur Husein, and the Mayor of Tanjungbalai M Syahrial.

Stepanus is suspected of asking for Rp 1.5 billion from the Mayor of Tanjungbalai M Syahrial. The money was given so that the case experienced by M Syahrial related to the bribery investigation investigated by the KPK at the Tanjungbalai City Government, North Sumatra was stopped.

In this case, the KPK also mentioned the role of the Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian Parliament, Azis Syamsuddin. He is said to be the initiator of the introduction between Syahrial and Stepanus.

This acquaintance took place at his official residence. According to the KPK, this Golkar Party politician knows Stepanus from his aides, who are both from the Bhayangkara Corps.