TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says that it has new evidence to charge Setya Novanto in the electronic identity cards (e-KTP) mega corruption case. The KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah said that investigators will not only rely on questioning of suspect but also evidence from the development of the case.
Febri said that after developing the case, investigators have found new evidence of the alleged involvement of Setya in the e-KTP project. “The evidence is there and stronger,” Febri told Tempo today.
The spokesman declined to divulge the details about the evidence. He also said that the KPK has yet to make any decision on its next steps after Setya Novanto won his pretrial hearing. Two KPK deputy chiefs Laode Muhammad Syarif and Alexander Marwata said that the agency will consider charging Setya once again including by launching a new investigation.
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New evidence is needed to charge Novanto since a pretrial hearing ruled that the KPK could not name him as a suspect based on data, information and evidence seized during the investigation into other e-KTP case suspects.
In the e-KTP case, Jakarta Corruption Court has sent two former home affairs ministry officials to jail. Businessman Andi Agustinus has also been indicted in the same court. The anti-graft agency has also named two other suspects.
Setya Novanto, reportedly remain hospitalized, had twice denied his involvement in this case. The Supreme Court (MA) spokesman Suhadi said that the KPK has no chance to file an appeal, cassation or judicial review of the court’s decision. “In reality, the KPK has named a person graft suspect twice,” Suhandi. He referred to the KPK’s decision to name former Makassar mayor Ilham Arief Sirajuddin as a graft suspect after a pretrial ruling. The MA later found Ilham guilty in the cassation hearing, handing him down a 4-year sentence.
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