KPK Asks Immigration To Prevent 3 Lawyers For SYL Corruption Cases Abroad

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has asked the Directorate General of Immigration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) to prevent three lawyers from leaving the country. Prevention was carried out in connection with allegations of corruption by former Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo. "The “The letter has been submitted, of course, to the Directorate General of Immigration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights. The parties in question are three advocates,” Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri told reporters at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, November 8. Ali did not specify who these three lawyers were. He only said that prevention was carried out so that they could easily be questioned. "This prevention is valid for six months of course and can later be extended again for the needs of the investigation process," he explained. In this case, investigators have indeed summoned three lawyers from the Visi Law Office. They are Febri Diansyah, Rasamala Aritonang, and Donal Fariz. Responding to this prevention, Febri admitted that he did not know about it. “ What is certain is that we certainly carry out our duties as advocates with good faith and professionalism, ” said the former KPK spokesman when confirmed. Previously reported, SYL was called by the KPK to extort its employees by requiring to pay deposits every month with the help of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture Kasdi Subagyono and the Director of Agricultural Equipment of the Ministry of Agriculture Muhammad Hatta. The amount set by Syahrul and must be deposited by echelon I-II employees is around 4,000-10,000 US dollars. It is believed that the money collected does not only come from 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.

The KPK then suspected 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.