This Is The Attitude Of The Chairman Of Golkar, Airlangga Hartarto, After Azis Syamsuddin Was Named A KPK Suspect

Chairman of the Golkar Party Airlangga Hartarto/ Photo: Mery Handayani

JAKARTA - The General Chair of the Golkar Party, Airlangga Hartarto, has spoken about the KPK's naming of the suspect as the deputy chairman of the DPR from the Golkar faction, Azis Syamsuddin. According to Airlangga, the party is currently conducting a study on the incident.

"Golkar is still studying deeply and we will provide an explanation," said Airlangga when met in the SCBD area of Jakarta, Saturday, September 25.

Furthermore, Airlangga said that the party's official stance would be conveyed this afternoon at the DPR through Golkar's Deputy Secretary General Adies Kadir.

"Please be present at the DPR at 2 o'clock, later Pak Adis and his team will provide information," he said.

When asked about legal assistance, Airlangga did not respond in detail. He stressed that all will be explained further during a press conference at the DPR.

"We have assigned brother Adis as Bakumham. Thank you," he concluded.

For your information, Azis is the sole suspect in the case. The case began when Azis tried to contact the former KPK investigator, Stepanus Robin Pattuju, to close the case against Golkar Party politician Aliza Gunado and himself at the KPK.

Robin asked Azis for money to help him close the case at the KPK. To launch the action, Robin was also assisted by Lawyer Maskur Husain. Robin allegedly met Azis many times to receive money.

The money is given regularly three times, namely 100 thousand US dollars, 17,600 Singapore dollars, and 140,500 Singapore dollars.

The initial agreement was that Azis had to give Rp4 billion to close the case. Meanwhile, Robin and Maskur are alleged to have received Rp3.1 billion from Azis.

For his actions, Azis is suspected of violating Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or Article 5 paragraph (1) letter b or Article 13 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 concerning amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.