JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has extended the detention period of three suspects in the alleged bribery case in the Surabaya District Court, East Java.
The three suspects, namely the inactive Surabaya District Court Judge Itong Isnaeni Hidayat (IIH), the inactive Surabaya District Court Substitute Registrar Hamdan (HD), lawyer and attorney from PT Soyu Giri Primedika (SGP) Hendro Kasiono (HK).
"With the time needed to collect evidence by the investigative team, the investigative team then extended the detention period for suspect IIH and his friends for the next 40 days, from February 9 to March 20, 2022," said Acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri in a statement. his statement in Jakarta, Wednesday 9 February.
The KPK previously detained the three for the first 20 days from January 20 to February 8, 2022 after they were named suspects in the case.
Suspect Itong is currently being held at the KPK Rutan in Lot C1 (KPK Anti-Corruption Education Center Building), Hamdan is being held at the East Jakarta Metro Police Rutan, and Hendro is being held at the Central Jakarta Metro Police Rutan.
In the construction of the case, the KPK explained that Itong as the sole judge of the Surabaya District Court tried one of the petition cases related to the dissolution of PT SGP.
As for the attorney and representing PT SGP, Hendro is suspected of having an agreement between Hendro and representatives of PT SGP to prepare a sum of money to be given to the judge handling the case.
The KPK suspects that the money prepared to handle this case is around Rp. 1.3 billion, starting from the level of the decision of the District Court to the level of the decision of the Supreme Court.
As an initial step in realizing the Rp1.3 billion money, Hendro met with Hamdan and asked the judge handling his case to decide according to Hendro's wishes.
To ensure that the trial process goes as expected, Hendro is alleged to have repeatedly communicated with Hamdan by using the term "tribute" to disguise the purpose of giving money.
The KPK revealed that every communication between Hendro and Hamadan was allegedly always reported by Hamdan to Itong. The KPK stated that the decision that Hendro wanted was for PT SGP to be declared disbanded with a divisible value of IDR 50 billion in assets.
Hamdan then conveyed Hendro's wishes to Itong. Itong also stated that he was willing to pay a certain amount of money. On January 19, 2022, Hendro handed over the money to Hamdan in the amount of IDR 140 million which was intended for Itong.
The KPK suspects that Itong received other gifts from the litigants at the Surabaya District Court and the investigation team will investigate this further.
Suspects Itong and Hamdan as recipients are suspected of violating Article 12 letter c or Article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code.
Meanwhile, the suspect Hendro as the giver is suspected of violating Article 6 paragraph (1) letter a or Article 13 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1 of the Criminal Code.
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