Alexander Reveals Prisoners To The 15th Floor Not Meeting KPK Leaders But TNI Officers

Deputy Chairperson Of The KPK Alexander Marwata/DOK KPK Public Relations

Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Alexander Marwata emphasized that there was no meeting between detainees of alleged corruption in case management at the Supreme Court (MA) and the head of the anti-corruption commission. He said, there were TNI officers who held meetings on the 15th floor. Alexander initially explained that this incident had something to do with tensions between the KPK and the TNI after the appointment of the Head of the National SAR Agency (Basarnas) Marshal Henri Alfiandi as a suspect. The two institutions also held closed meetings after the determination was carried out. "Based on the situation at that time, when the meeting was over, one of the officers said that one of the suspects was detained at the Red and White KPK (Rutan, ed) and the person concerned asked permission to meet," Alexander told reporters at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, September 21. As for the meeting, the TNI that was present were Danpuspom TNI Marshal Muda Agung Handoko, Kapuspen TNI Rear Admiral Julius Widjojono, Kababinkum TNI Rear Admiral Kresno Buntoro, Deputy Attorney General for Military Crimes Major General Wahyoedho Indrajit, and Deputy Admiral TNI Admiral Nazali Lempo. "I myself forgot whether I allowed it. I emphasized it, please, by looking at the conditions at that time," said Alexander. Alexander admitted that he forgot whether to allow the meeting to take place on the 15th floor or the leadership room. He also did not know whether the TNI members had met. "Because after that I immediately went home," he said. Even so, Alexander had asked the Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur to issue detainees in accordance with applicable regulations. "Mr. Asep, as an investigator with existing procedures through bonds, yes, requests to issue prisoners and facilitate the meeting," he explained.

"Once again the meeting of detainees and one of the members of the TNI officers could not be released at once from the situation at that time. The situation was a meeting between the KPK and the TNI Puspom," he concluded.