Headline: disruption after days: Ex-Director General Imigrasi Reveals KPK‘s Delay in Stopping Suspect
In a surprising turn of events, the former Director General of Immigration, Ronny F. Sompie, has revealed that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) only issued an order to prevent a suspect from leaving the country four days after they were named a suspect. This revelation sheds new light on the ongoing investigation into a bribery case involving the replacement of members of the House of Representatives (DPR).
Ronny made this statement after being questioned by the KPK at their headquarters in Jakarta on Friday, January 3, 2025. The suspect in question is Harun Masiku, who was named a suspect in a corruption case on January 8, 2020.
"On January 13, 2020, there was finally an order from the KPK leadership to the Immigration office through the Ministry of Law and Human Rights to prevent him from leaving the country," Ronny said.
Ronny explained that Harun had already left the country on January 6, 2020, through Soekarno-Hatta Airport (Soetta) in Jakarta, and had returned to Indonesia on January 7, 2020. Despite this, there was no request to prevent him from leaving the country during his trip.
"This means that the request to prevent him from leaving the country was only made by the KPK several days after he had already left and returned to Indonesia," Ronny said.
Harun was named a suspect in the case of bribery involving the replacement of DPR members. The KPK has previously stated that Harun was suspected of giving bribes to influence the rotation of DPR members.
It is known that Harun has not yet been apprehended by the KPK. Meanwhile, the KPK has announced a new suspect in this case, Hasto Kristiyanto, who is suspected of being involved with Harun in the bribery case and obstructing the KPK’s investigation.
The KPK previously named Wahyu Setiawan, Agustiani Tio, and a private party named Saeful as suspects in this case, all of whom have been legally processed, sentenced, and released. The KPK continues to investigate this case.
