Do Not Want To Assume That Azis Syamsuddin Is A Suspect, DPR Leadership Waits For The Official Announcement Of The Corruption Eradication Commission

Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives Sufmi Dasco Ahmad (Photo: Instagram @Sufmi_Dasco)

JAKARTA - The leadership of the DPR RI does not want to make assumptions about the news of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) stipulating the status of the Deputy Chair of the Indonesian House of Representatives in the field of Korpolkam, Azis Syamsuddin.

Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives for Corrections, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, said that his party was still monitoring the progress of the case against his colleague, Azis Syamsuddin.

"Let's not assume that if it hasn't been decided yet, don't say it has been decided," Dasco said at the DPR Building, Friday, September 24.

According to him, the news that Azis was already a suspect was only widely circulated in the mass media. Therefore, the DPR is still waiting for the official announcement of the KPK as the competent authority.

"The news in the media mentions Azis Syamsuddin as a suspect, but there is no official statement at the KPK," said Dasco.

The daily chairman of the Gerindra Party DPP emphasized that all parties must submit all legal processes to the KPK. "We submit these processes in accordance with applicable procedures," said Dasco.

It is known, the name Azis Syamsuddin appeared in the indictment of a former KPK investigator, AKP Stapanus Pobin Pattuju. In the indictment, Azis gave money worth Rp. 3,099,887,000 and USD 36,000 to Stepanus Robin Pattuju in the bribery case that made the Mayor of Tanjungbalai City inactive, M Syahrial.

Azis is said to have given the money along with former chairman of the Golkar Party Youth Force (AMPG) Aliza Gunado.

In the indictment, it was also known that Azis was a bridge between the meeting of the former Kutai Kartanegara Regent, Rita Widyasari and AKP Robin in October 2020. At Azis's house, Robin received SGD200,000 or Rp. 2,137.3 million to take care of Rita Widyasari's case.

Azis Syamsuddin is also said to have contacted AKP Robin around August 2020 to take care of the case involving Azis and Aliza Gunado related to the KPK investigation in Central Lampung.