REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) helped the Indonesian National Police (Polri) in the arrest of a fugitive in corruption cases M Rusli (MR). The President Director of PT Aero International has been on a List of Wanted People (DPO) since 2014.

"Today, at around 2:00 a.m. in the early hours of the morning, along with the collaboration of the KPK through the Coordination and Supervision Unit with the Banten Regional Police and Serang Regional Police, it was brought to Talaud, an MR suspect, President Director of PT Aero Support International who has been a DPO since 2014," said KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah in Jakarta on Friday.

Previously, said Febri, on Thursday (October 18) afternoon at 17.50 WIB, there had been arrests of suspects by the Serang Police Precinct (Satreskrim) with the coordination and supervision of the KPK.

"This case was previously handled by Talaud Police Investigators since 2012 in the case of misuse of flight subsidy funds in the Talaud District Government in the 2009 and 2010 Fiscal Year. The state loss is estimated at Rp1 billion," Febri said.

Furthermore, Febri stated that the handling of the case was hampered because the whereabouts of the suspect were unknown until the DPO was issued.

"For this reason, the KPK which is given the task by the Law performs the function of a 'trigger mechanism', providing support to investigators through the task of coordination and supervision," he said.

Before the arrest, said Febri, the KPK team had closed the monitoring around one week after finding out the whereabouts of the suspect.

"Arrests were carried out in the Cikande area of Serang District. After the arrest, the suspect was taken to the Serang District Police Station for initial checks and health checks, then at 02.00 West Indonesia Time, he was immediately flown to Manado for further processing," Febri said.

Regarding the DPO which has actually been carried out since 2014, the KPK found information that although the suspect had a DPO, based on the data, the suspect M Rusli was known to frequently travel abroad including to Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and other countries.

"We regret this because there should be a comprehensive effort from relevant agencies. The suspect on behalf of MR is the President Director of PT Aero Support International, who is a partner or recipient of flight subsidies from the Talaud Regency Government," he said.

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