KPK extension made a surprise by naming a national police officer, AKBP Bambang Kayun Bagus, as a suspect in the alleged corruption case. This case turned out to be a police fallout.
The suspect’s determination against Bambang Kayun was uncovered after he filed a preliminary lawsuit against the KPK. Bambang Kayun asked the South Jakarta District Court judge to state the determination of the suspect by KPK extension against him it is not valid.
Judging by SIPP PN Jaksel, Bambang Kayun is listed as a claimant with case number 108/Pid.Pra/2022/PN JKT.SEL, as of 21 November 2021. The classification of the case is a matter of legality or not the determination of suspicion by the defendant is the KPK.
Bambang Kayun’s petitum is as follows:
1. Declares to fully accept and accept the Applicant’s request.
2. State investigation warrant number Sprint.Dik/115/DIK.00/01/11/2022 dated November 2, 2022 which provides the complainant as being investigated for alleged bribery in the form of gifts or promises allegedly made by the complainant as boss of the Enforcement Subdivision of the Criminal and Human Rights Law Enforcement Division of the Bankum Office National Police Law Division from 2013 to 2019, by Emylia Said and Hermansyah is invalid and has no legal basis, therefore it does not have a right binding force and is void by law
3. Declare the investigation carried out by the respondent regarding the alleged criminal act referred to in the investigation of the suspect against the appellant pursuant to article 12 letter a or article 12 letter b or article 11 and the article 12B of the law n. 1999 amended by law Law n. 20 of 2001 amending the law n. 31 of 1999 on the elimination of corruption Jo. The art. 55 paragraph 1 of the criminal code is illegitimate and without legal foundation and therefore the A Quo investigation has no binding force and is void
4. Declare null and void of legal basis and therefore devoid of binding force all the deeds and/or decisions and/or clauses issued by the Respondent relating to the blocking of all the applicant’s accounts or at least of the applicant’s accounts at Bank Rakyat Indonesia with account number: 201801009809503 in the name of Bambang Kayun Bagus PS
5. Declare that the actions of the Defendant who designated the Claimant as a Suspect without any procedure were legally flawed/against the law, which resulted in a loss of Rp. 25,000,000 (twenty-five million rupees) per month from October 2021 until the submission of this application
6. Punish the defendant to pay the costs of the matter arising out of the Aquo matter, or if the judges of the South Jakarta District Court think otherwise, we demand as fair a decision as possible (Ex Aequo Et Bono).
KPK response
Deputy for Enforcement at the Corruption Eradication Commission Karyoto said his party had not announced the case which was being subpoenaed in the South Jakarta District Court. He said an announcement would be made at a press conference along with the suspect’s detention.
“Usually, if the KPK reports to the public, the public, it’s a forum like this,” Karyoto told reporters on Tuesday (11/22/2022).
Karyoto said the KPK had no problems with the pre-trial filed by AKBP Bambang Kayun. He said the KPK was ready to deal with it.
“If the person has filed a preliminary action, it’s fine for us, we are ready to deal with it. We are confident that what we have done complies with the applicable regulatory procedures in identifying suspects,” he said.
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