Eye Witness: Firly And SYL Meeting To Discuss Cooking Oil

Photos Of The KPK Chairman's Meeting With SYL (Special)

JAKARTA - An eye witness to the meeting between KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri and former Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo (SYL) which occurred earlier last year at the Badminton Sports Hall, Eddy Hartono, revealed that the two did not discuss the case at all.

Eddy, who is a former national badminton athlete, also explained that the meeting between the two was also witnessed by many people who were at the location.

"I remember the topic at that time, because I sat here (the right side of the photo) with the children too. The topic at that time was cooking oil, rare. The scarcity of cooking oil," said Eddy Hartono in a written statement, Jakarta, October 12.

He explained that there was no secret talk between Firly and SYL at the meeting. In fact, all badminton partners who sit with him can hear all the talks.

"I heard, because it was loud to talk. Fried oil, so we'll talk later, we'll talk about it later, '' tomorrow we will talk about it in the office, we'll call the Minister of Trade too,' said Eddy repeating FARly's statement.

He also explained that the arrival of SYL to the field also made Firli a bit surprised. At that time, said Eddy, Firli, who was in the middle of the badminton playing field, just waved when he was called SYL. Firly did not immediately meet him but finished the game.

"Yes, I was shocked. He just waved. Keep finishing the game, he went to the side. Chatting was still wiping our sweat, kept chatting like that," said Eddy.

The athlete, who had won a silver medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, also explained that the meeting lasted only about 15 minutes. Firli then returned to the field to continue the badminton game.

"The conversation didn't take long. Mr. Firli said 'yes, play again'. Mr. Firli returned to play badminton in pairs with Trikus Haryanto, his opponents were Didit Juang and Dwiky. He (SYL) was still on the sidelines, then he didn't come home long, "concluded the older brother of the badminton legend Haryanto Arbi.