JAKARTA - The Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) considers that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)'s move to submit a bribery case over the forest function that ensnared Surya Darmadi to the Attorney General's Office is appropriate.
MAKI Coordinator Boyamin Saiman said this possibility is a form of synergy between law enforcement officers. This is in accordance with the KPK Law Number 19 of 2019.
"It was a good step to show that the officers carried out synergies as mandated by the new KPK Law Number 19 of 2019. One of the articles reads that law enforcement officers, especially the KPK, synergize with other law enforcers, in order to eradicate corruption," Boyamin told reporters, Saturday, September 10.
If it is true that the KPK will submit the case to the AGO, Boyamin said the step must be continued. Moreover, the Adhyaksa Corps also often does the same in an effort to investigate corruption cases.
"The Attorney General's Office is willing to release a case of alleged corruption in the purchase of LNG from Mozambique, from Africa. Actually, this is already at the Attorney General's Office level in October 2021," he said.
"But then, when the KPK asks, or wants to handle it, the AGO will also release it. So, this is reciprocal from the law enforcement process in us," continued Boyamin.
In addition, Boyamin also assessed that the submission of this case could make it efficient to handle the corruption case that ensnared the owner of the PT Duta Palma Group. "Because if the KPK also handles this, there will be obstacles," he said.
One of the obstacles, continued Boyamin, is that we have to wait for the alleged land grabbing handled by the Attorney General's Office to be tried at the Jakarta Corruption Court.
"Those are obstacles from the ongoing legal process. So if it is submitted to the AGO (the Surya Darmadi case, ed) it can be fast because of the handling," he said.
As previously reported, the KPK has the opportunity to submit an investigation into the bribery case of the owner of PT Duta Palma Group, Surya Darmadi, to the Attorney General's Office. The reason is that they do not want an investigation to overlap between law enforcement officers.
KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Karyoto said the opportunity for submission was wide open. Moreover, Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Alexander Marwata also has the same opinion.
"Pak Alex also agrees, it is better to delegate, which one is more comprehensive, I think the prosecutor is more comprehensive," said Karyoto in Jakarta, Friday, September 9.
Karyoto believes that by submitting it, Surya Darmadi's bribery case can be investigated more quickly. "For proof of bribery, it's simpler," he said.
However, the opportunity for this case is still only a discourse. "We are still coordinating, we will coordinate that direction (delegating, ed)," said Karyoto.
For information, Surya Darmadi is a fugitive from the KPK. He is a suspect in giving bribes related to the transfer of forest function which is the development of the case that ensnared former Riau Governor Annas Ma'amun.
Meanwhile at the Attorney General's Office, the case against Surya has entered the trial stage. After surrendering and being prosecuted, the businessman was charged with enriching himself, harming the state, and the state economy up to Rp86.54 trillion.
Surya is considered to have enriched himself or another person or the corporation of Rp7.59 trillion and USD7.88 million which is currently converted to rupiah to Rp117.60 billion.
He was then suspected of harming state finances or the country's economy. The total reached Rp4.79 trillion and USD 7.88 million which was converted to rupiah is currently Rp117.60 billion.
Furthermore, Surya was charged with harming the state economy worth Rp. 73.92 trillion. This figure was obtained from reports from research institutions and economic inauguration and businesses of the economic faculty and businesses of Gajah Mada University on August 24, 2022.
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