Communication Between Lili Pintauli And The Mayor Of Tanjungbalai Which Led To A Report To The National Police Criminal Investigation Unit

Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Lili Pintauli Siregar (Capture of the KPK RI YouTube Channel)

JAKARTA - The communication between the Deputy Chair of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Lili Pintauli Siregar and the litigants, the inactive Tanjungbalai Mayor M Syahrial, led to a report to the police. This report was conducted by Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW).

The communication between Lili and Syahrial that began with their introduction on the plane from Medan to Jakarta was reported by ICW on Wednesday, September 8. ICW researcher Kurnia Ramadhana said Lili was reported on suspicion of violating Article 36 in conjunction with Article 65 of the KPK Law.

The article states that the KPK leadership is prohibited from communicating directly or indirectly by litigants and this violation can be sentenced to 5 years in prison.

The decision to report this, said Kurnia, was due to the KPK Supervisory Board not following up on their findings which had been proven in the ethics trial some time ago.

"We do not see the intention of the Dewas to follow up on the facts revealed in the Dewas," he told reporters after submitting a report to the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit.

Kurnia said this report is also equipped with evidence. Including evidence of communication between Lili and Syahrial.

Meanwhile, Syahrial is currently a defendant in the bribery case to stop the investigation of the sale and purchase of positions in the Tanjungbalai City Government and a suspect in the alleged sale and purchase of positions.

"Yes, we are attaching here the documents that clearly show the communication between Lili Pintauli Siregar and M. Syahrial," said Kurnia.

With this report, ICW hopes that the National Police Chief, General Listyo Sigit, will instruct his staff to handle the report. That way, Kurnia continued, justice can be upheld.

"We emphasize that the National Police Chief can take a closer look at this report. Because the facts are clear, in the Dewas trial it was explicitly stated that Lili communicated with former Tanjungbalai Mayor M. Syahrial," said Kurnia.

Regarding this report, the KPK has not provided any response. Meanwhile, the KPK Supervisory Board from the beginning stated that they were only dealing with the ethical violations committed by Lili.

There is no regret from Lili after being declared to have violated ethics

Some time ago, the KPK Supervisory Board had imposed severe sanctions on Lili in the form of cutting her basic salary by 40 percent for a year after she was convicted of an ethical violation. He is said to have abused his authority for personal gain and was in direct contact with M Syahrial, who was involved in a corruption case involving the alleged sale and purchase of positions.

"Try and declare the examinee Lili Pintauli Siregar guilty of violating the code of ethics and code of conduct in the form of abuse of influence as a KPK leader for personal interests and relating to the party whose case is being handled," said Chair of the Ethics Council Tumpak Hatorangan in an online trial, Monday. , August 30.

This decision was taken because Lili did not show any remorse for her actions. Second, he is considered not to provide an example as well as a role model for the KPK leadership.

Furthermore, this trial revealed the introduction between Lili and M Syahrial which resulted in a violation of ethics. A member 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 a flight from Medan to Jakarta and they took a selfie together. From that meeting, it was known that Lili had asked about the payment of service fees for her sister-in-law, Ruri Prihatini Lubis who works at PDAM Tirta Kualo Tanjungbalai.

After the conversation, Syahrial then took the initiative to ask for the mobile number of the former LPSK Commissioner.

Then, Syahrial contacted Lili to inform her of the payment of the fee amounting to Rp53,334,640 which was paid in three installments. Next, 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.

However, the Executive Secretary and other KPK leaders apparently never received or read files or records related to the case of buying and selling positions that ensnared M Syahrial.

Then, in October 2020, 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 asked Syahrial to contact Arif Aceh, a lawyer from Medan to help him.

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

After hearing the decision of the KPK Supervisory Board, Lili did not express regret or apology for her actions. He only thanked him after the trial closed.

"Thank you, sir," said Lili as quoted from the trial which was held online.

"So mother, do you have something to say?" asked Tumpak ending the trial.

"Thank you, sir," said the former Commissioner of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK).

He also made a similar statement outside the courtroom. However, Lili added that she still accepted the verdict that had been handed down on her.

"I accept the response of Dewas. I accept, there is no other effort," he said.