The Board Of Supervisors Of KPK Presented Lili's Introduction To M Syahrial Until The Request For Assistance To Manage Matters

The ethics trial of the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Lili Pintauli by the KPK Council

JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) stated that KPK Deputy Chairwoman Lili Pintauli Siregar violated the code of ethics because she had direct contact with the Mayor of Tanjungbalai, North Sumatra, M Syahrial, who is a litigant.

Then how was the initial introduction of Lili and M Syahrial who are now suspects in the alleged bribery case of buying and selling positions?

Members of the Ethics Council Harjono said that the introduction of the two took place in February-March 2020. At that time, Lili met Syahrial on the plane from Medan to Jakarta and even took a group photo or selfie.

"Syahrial first reprimanded the examiner by (asking, ed) 'Mrs. Lili, huh?'. Then the examinee (Lili, ed) answered 'how did you know?'," said Harjono in a trial that was broadcast online, Monday, August 30.

Furthermore, Syahrial admitted that he knew Lili from the Instagram account of Ruri Prihatini Lubis, who is Lili's sister-in-law.

The conversation continued when Syahrial introduced himself as the Mayor of Tanjungbalai and it happened again when he got off the plane. At that time, Lili had asked about the payment of her sister-in-law's service fee, who worked at PDAM Tirta Kualo Tanjungbalai.

"The examiner asked about the issue of Ruri's service fee, which was paid by saying, 'oh yes, that's the problem there. Why didn't you pay the person's money?'," said Harjono, imitating Lili's statement at the time.

"Then M Syahrial answered 'yes, ma'am. Sorry we are gathering money first. I'll tell Mrs. Ruri later'. Then the examinee responded, 'yes, that's why he made your letter, he didn't answer', "he added.

After the conversation, Syahrial then took the initiative to ask for Lili's cellphone number which he gave.

From that meeting, Syahrial then called the Acting Director of Tirta Kualo Yudhi Gobel to convey Lili's message and asked that things be expedited because she was not feeling well. After the business was done, Syahrial then contacted Lili.

The fee is paid in three installments for a total of Rp53,334,640.

"After the service fee was paid, Syahrial returned to inform the examiner via WA, 'madam, the rights of your sister have been cleared and will be given by the Director of PDAM' and answered 'thank you, success always, brother'," said Harjono.

Furthermore, communication occurred again in July 2020. At that time, Lili contacted M Syahrial because his name was in the corruption file for buying and selling positions at the Tanjungbalai City Government.

"The examinee contacted M Syahrial at the time of the examination saw the file of sale and purchase of positions in the name of witness M Syahrial on his desk by saying 'this is your name on my desk, shame on you, you still take Rp. 200 million'. please help'," said Harjono.

"Then the examinee replied 'pray you a lot'," he added.

It's just that, in 2020, the Secretary to the Chair and Chair of the KPK apart from Lili apparently never received or read other files or records related to the case of buying and selling positions that ensnared M Syahrial.

Furthermore, in October 2020, M Syahrial again contacted Lili and asked her to help handle the alleged corruption case. This communication was carried out after investigators conducted a search in North Labuhanbatu, North Sumatra.

It was during this communication that Lili then asked Syahrial to contact Arif Aceh, a lawyer from Medan.

"The examiner suggested that Syahrial contact a lawyer in Medan by saying, 'yes, this is Arif Aceh's number, communicate with him'," said Harjono.

Even so, Sprindik, which named Syahrial as a suspect in the alleged bribery case of buying and selling positions, was published on April 15. This letter is published under the number sprin.dik/28/DIK00/01/04/2021.