Apart From Shopping In Hawaii, Edhy Prabowo Is Suspected Of Buying A Car And Renting An Apartment With Bribes

JAKARTA - Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators continue to trace the flow of bribes for fry export permits that Edhy Prabowo received when he was Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries.

The KPK suspects that in addition to being spent in Hawaii, the money that Edhy received was used for other purposes. Like renting an apartment and buying a car.

The deepening was carried out by examining the special staff of Edy Prabowo, who is also a suspect in the alleged bribery case for processing the export license for fry, Amril Mukminin.

"(Examined) regarding the witness's knowledge regarding the direction of the suspect EP (Edhy Prabowo) regarding the use of money allegedly originating from the receipt of the fry export license. The use of the money meant, among other things, to purchase a car and also rent an apartment for other parties who are still KPK investigators will continue to be investigated, "said Acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri in his statement, Wednesday, December 23.

Unfortunately, Ali did not specify the amount of money that Amril Mukminin had ordered by Edhy to buy a car and pay rent for an apartment. Ali also did not reveal who used the car or apartment unit. It is said, this will later be revealed in court.

"The full witness statement has been stated in the BAP which will later be opened and tested in court," said Ali.

Previously, Edhy Prabowo was said to pay rent for apartments worth IDR 50 million a year for national athletes. The source of the money is suspected to be from a bribe for the fry export license.

In addition, Edhy allegedly bought a Honda CRV brand car worth IDR 300 million, the source of which was bribes. The car was said to have been given to a beauty event finalist in Indonesia.

In this case, the anti-graft commission named Edhy as a suspect in the alleged recipient of bribes from companies that had been issued with a lobster seed export license using a forwarder company and deposited them in one account of up to Rp9.8 billion.

The money that goes to the account of PT ACK, which is currently the sole cargo service provider for the export of lobster seeds, is then withdrawn to the accounts of PT ACK holders, namely Ahmad Bahtiar and Amri, totaling Rp9.8 billion.

Furthermore, on November 5, 2020, Ahmad Bahtiar transferred Rp3.4 billion to the staff account of Edhy's wife, Ainul, which was earmarked for the needs of Edhy and his wife, Iis Rosyati Dewi, Safri, and Andreau.

Among other things, it is used for shopping for luxury goods by Edhy and his wife in Honolulu, USA on November 21 to 23, 2020, amounting to around IDR 750 million, including Rolex watches, Tumi and LV bags, road bikes, and Old Navy clothes.

In addition, around May 2020, Edhy was also suspected of receiving 100 thousand US dollars from Suharjito through Safri and Amiril.