Graft busters at the Corruption Elimination Commission (KPK) jailed fugitive Hiendra Soenjoto, a suspect in a bribery case involving former Supreme Court Secretary Nurhadi on Thursday, after 8 months on the run.
Hiendra, the director of PT Multicon Indrajaya Terminal (MIT), presumably provided a kickback of Rp 45.7 billion (US$ 3.12 million) to Nurhadi starting from early2015 The suspect allegedly paid off Nurhadi in an attempt to gain favor in a dispute in between MIT and another business.
After calling Hiendra a suspect in February and including him in the wanted list, KPK commissioner Lili Pantauli Siregar stated investigators were able to locate him after receiving a public report. According to the tip-off, Hiendra visited a house in South Tangerang on Oct. 28.
” With this info, KPK private investigators collaborated with the apartment block supervisor and gatekeeper to spy on and await the opportunity to get in the house in question,” Lili said throughout Thursday’s interview.
The graft busters then jailed Hiendra in the house at 8 a.m. on Thursday, in addition to seizing two vehicles that were presumably used by the suspects during his escape.
The antigraft firm charged Hiendra under Article 5 of the 2001 Corruption Law, which forbids bribing state officials and carries an optimal sentence of five years ' imprisonment.
Nurhadi is currently being tried by the Jakarta Corruption Court for getting a kickback of Rp 45.7 billion, in addition to Rp 37.3 billion worth of gratuity, supposedly in relation to the handling of 3 Supreme Court cases throughout his period as secretary. His son-in-law, Rezky Herbiyono, is also being tried for his supposed participation in the very same case.
