KPK Asks Parties Who Know Harun Masiku's Whereabouts To Report

Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Ali Fikri/DOK KPK

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has asked anyone with information on the whereabouts of former PDI-P candidate Harun Masiku to report.

"We ask any party who really knows his whereabouts (Harun Masiku, ed) at this time to immediately report to the KPK and other law enforcement officials, so that they can be followed up," Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Affairs Ali Fikri told reporters on Monday, 6 September.

According to him, reporting Harun's whereabouts is more important than just talking to the public. Moreover, this kind of thing can become a polemic and hinder the arrest of Harun, who has been a fugitive for almost two years.

Ali confirmed that the KPK was still working seriously to find Harun. In fact, the anti-corruption commission has asked for assistance from various institutions at home and abroad.

"KPK is still working seriously and is asking for help from various institutions at home and abroad to speed up the search," he said.

It was previously reported that Harun Masiku was named a suspect for giving bribes to KPU Commissioner Wahyu Setiawan in January 2020. This bribery was carried out so that he could easily sit as a member of the DPR through interim shifts or PAW.

Harun's escape began when the KPK carried out an arrest operation regarding this case on January 8, 2020. In the silent operation, the KPK named four suspects, namely Harun Masiku, Wahyu Setiawan, former Bawaslu Member Agustiani Tio Fridelina, and Saeful Bahri.

However, Harun, who was not caught by OTT, is unknown. He reportedly fled to Singapore and is said to have returned to Indonesia.

This case stems from the death of a PDIP candidate named Nazarudin Kiemas. In July 2019, the party bearing the bull symbol filed a lawsuit for judicial review of Article 54 of KPU Regulation Number 3 of 2019 concerning Voting and Counting to the Supreme Court (MA).

The application was then granted and as a determinant of the interim replacement (PAW), the party bearing the bull symbol then sent a letter to the KPU to appoint Harun as Nazarudin's replacement.

However, the KPU instead appointed Riezky Aprilia as a replacement for the brother-in-law of the PDI-P General Chairperson, Megawati Soekarnoputri, who had died. The reason is clear, Riezky's vote is under Nazarudin or in second place for the South Sumatra I Dapil.

Lobbying was then carried out so that Harun could become a member of the legislature. Seeing this gap, Wahyu Setiawan as the KPU commissioner said he was ready to help as long as there was an operational fund of IDR 900 million and the transaction was carried out in two stages in the middle and end of December 2019.