Her Name Was Mentioned In Court, Lili Pintauli Still Takes Part In Handling The Tanjungbalai Bribery Case

Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Lili Pintauli Siregar/PHOTO VIA ANTARA

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Lili Pintauli Siregar is confirmed to continue working in handling bribery allegations, stopping the handling of the case that ensnared the inactive Tanjungbalai Mayor M Syahrial even though his name was mentioned at trial.

Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, said that Lili's participation would not be disturbed by the mention of her name because the facts of the trial were not necessarily legal facts.

"Witness statements cannot be judged as legal facts if they are not related to other statements or evidence," Ali told VOI, Wednesday, July 28.

He said the facts of the trial, including the mention of Lili's name, which was conveyed by former KPK investigator Stepanus Robin Pattuju, must be tested further in the agenda of the follow-up trial.

Moreover, Ali believes that there will be no conflict of interest in any strategic decisions related to the bribery case. The reason is that the KPK leadership does not take part in making any decisions because matters relating to the trial are the task of the KPK Public Prosecutor Team (JPU) Task Force.

Even if there is a decision that involves the leadership, it will only happen at the end of the case or when the prosecution of the defendant is carried out. However, all decisions are taken collectively collegial.

"We need to emphasize that the decision is also a collegial collective decision between the leadership, the public prosecutor's team, the director of prosecution, and the deputy," he said.

In a trial held at the Medan Corruption Court, Monday, August 26, former KPK investigator Stepanus Robin Pattuju bluntly stated that the inactive Tanjungbalai Mayor Muhammad Syahrial admitted that he had received a call from Lili Pintauli regarding the case being investigated.

At that time, Stepanus was a witness for the inactive Tanjungbalai Mayor, M Syahrial, who was the accused of giving bribes to him amounting to Rp. 1.695 billion.

Stepanus said that Syahrial had asked for help from the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK, Lili Pintauli Siregar. From her testimony, it was Lili who first called Syahrial and stated that the case file was on his desk.

This fact was then responded to by the Coordinator of the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI), Boyamin Saiman. He said that Lili should not interfere in the handling of the Tanjungbalai bribery case.

"This Mrs. Lili should not be involved in meetings related to the Tanjungbalai corruption and all cases, including the alleged involvement of the Deputy Speaker of the DPR RI Azis Syamsuddin," Boyamin told VOI, Tuesday, July 27.