For No Clear Reason, Firli Asked The KPK Council To Reschedule The Examination Of Alleged Ethical Violations

Member of the Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Albertina Ho (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - KPK Supervisory Board (Dewas) member Albertina Ho said KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri asked for an examination related to alleged ethical violations because he met former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo. He asked for an examination to be carried out next November. "Mr. KPK Chairman Mr. Firli asked to be rescheduled after November 8," Albertina told reporters, Friday, October 27. When asked about the reason for the request, Albertina admitted that he did not know. Because, there has been no notification from Firli. "Please just ask there," he said.Dewas KPK, continued Albertina, can also surrender. They can only carry out an examination if the investigating party exists. "If there is no such thing? Kamk can check or not? Dewas can there be no forced attempt, we cannot present it," he said. Previously reported, the KPK Supervisory Board has clarified a number of witnesses regarding the alleged Firli-Syahrul meeting. Meanwhile Firli will be clarified later because he is a reported party. The alleged meeting between Firli-Syahrul appears in the middle of investigating allegations of corruption in the Ministry of Agriculture after a scattered photo. Reports to the KPK Supervisory Board were submitted by the Corruption Committee. In the corruption case handled by the KPK, Syahrul is suspected of extorting his employees by requiring to pay deposit money every month with the help of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture Kasdi Subagyono and the Director of the Ministry of Agriculture Tool Muhammad Hatta. Nominal is set by Syahrul and must be deposited by echelon I-II employees ranging around 4,000-10,000 US dollars.

The money collected is believed to have come from not only the realization of the Ministry of Agriculture's budget inflated or mark-ups but from vendors working on projects. The money is given in cash, transfers or goods. KPK then suspects that the money Syahrul received was used for various personal interests. Starting from Umrah with other Ministry of Agriculture employees, buying cars, repairing houses to flowing to the NasDem Party with a value of up to billions of rupiah.