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        "id": 1587402,
        "msgid": "yaqut-prepares-experts-to-challenge-kpks-suspect-designation-procedure-1772622196",
        "date": "2026-03-04 17:33:17",
        "title": "Yaqut Prepares Experts to Challenge KPK's Suspect-Designation Procedure",
        "author": "Danu Damarjati",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "Former Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas will call three to four expert witnesses at the evidentiary stage of his pre-trial challenge against the KPK. The hearing is scheduled at the South Jakarta District Court on 5 March 2026. His lawyer argues that the KPK has misapplied KUHAP provisions and that the suspect designation may have been carried out by unauthorised leadership, raising procedural questions.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA \u2013 Former Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas\nwill summon several expert witnesses for the evidentiary stage of his\npre-trial challenge against the Corruption Eradication Commission\n(KPK).<\/p>\n<p>The next hearing in the case is scheduled to take place at the South\nJakarta District Court on Thursday (5 March 2026).<\/p>\n<p>Yaqut\u2019s legal representative, Mellisa Anggraini, said they have\nprepared three to four experts to test the arguments presented by the\nKPK in its response and replication.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We have prepared experts. What they say in the response and\nreplication today, we will test tomorrow with the experts. Tomorrow we\nwill bring three or four experts. We will announce who the experts are\ntomorrow,\u2019 Mellisa said on Wednesday (4 March 2026).<\/p>\n<p>Mellisa argued that from the outset the KPK had in fact applied the\nnew KUHAP provisions in the process of designating a suspect in her\nclient\u2019s case. She gave an example that the notification letter was\nissued one day after the designation letter, which she said complies\nwith the new KUHAP. However, in the KPK\u2019s proceedings they claim to be\nusing the old KUHAP.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018So actually they have applied the new KUHAP, but for justification\nthey say they are using the old KUHAP,\u2019 Mellisa said.<\/p>\n<p>Mellisa pointed to the KPK\u2019s statement acknowledging that the suspect\ndesignation was carried out by the agency\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, under the amendments to the KPK Law, the leadership\nis no longer an investigator.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Thus, the designation was carried out by an unauthorised party, so\nthere is a procedural defect,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n<p>The evidentiary pre-trial hearing will be a crucial stage in testing\nwhether the designation of the suspect against Yaqut by the KPK is\nvalid.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/yaqut-prepares-experts-to-challenge-kpks-suspect-designation-procedure-1772622196",
        "image": ""
    },
    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
    "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
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