Previous KPK detective Stepanus Robin Pattuju, left, talks to his attorney throughout a hearing at the Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court, January 12,2022 (Beritasatu Photo/Joanito De Saojoao)
BY: FANA SUPARMAN
JANUARY 12, 2022
Jakarta. A former detective of the Corruption Obliteration Commission (KPK) was convicted for accepting Rp 11.5 billion ($802,000) in kickback money and sentenced to 11 years in jail on Wednesday.
Stepanus Robin Pattuju was found guilty of accepting money from a number of individuals based on examination by the commission in exchange for dropping their case, according to the panel of judges at the Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court.
The court likewise founded guilty attorney Maskur Husain for the same case and sentenced him to 9 years’ imprisonment in a different hearing.
Stepanus is ordered to repay Rp 2.3 billion to the state coffers within a month after his conviction is last and binding or law enforcement agencies will seize his assets, the panel said.
If the accused does not have enough resources to pay back, his sentence will be added by another one and a half years, Administering Judge Djuyamto said.
In a different hearing, Maskur was bought to return Rp 9.2 billion of the ill-gotten cash to the state.
The legal representative has actively recommended graft suspects or possible suspects to look for assistance from Stepanus, the court heard.
Both men have taken payment from, to name a few individuals, top lawmaker Azis Syamsuddin who is currently a corruption suspect in the KPK.
Stepanus, a middle-ranking policeman hired by the KPK, was called suspect last April on charge of accepting bribe from a mayor in North Sumatra who was dealing with prosecution for a corruption case.
The officer supposedly accepted Rp 1.3 billion from Tanjungbalai Mayor M Syahrial, who pertained to him asking help to drop a corruption case at the city government,
KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri said at that time Stepanus shared the ill-gotten money with Maskur. The money was sent out through multiple bank transfers a minimum of 59 times considering that October 2020.
More investigation found that the disgraced detective and the legal representative had accepted bribes from numerous people.
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