Jakarta, Feb. 6 -- Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) Secretary-General Hasto Kristiyanto is accused of promising ex-PDIP legislator Riezky Aprilia a position in either the Human Rights National Commission or a state-run company for backing Harun Masiku's election.

Masiku, concurrently a PDIP cadre, turned fugitive after being implicated in a bribery case related to attempts to have him elected as an interim replacement for deceased lawmaker Nazaruddin Kiemas, elected in the 2019 polls.

During a pre-trial hearing in the South Jakarta District Court on Thursday, a representative from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Iskandar Marwanto, remarked that Hasto instructed PDIP legislator candidate Saeful Bahri to approac...