Through A Lawyer, Edhy Prabowo Admits That He Is Close To The Badminton Player Bellaetrix Manuputty
JAKARTA - The former Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Edhy Prabowo, is said to be close to a former women's national badminton player named Bellaetrix Manuputty and another person whose name is not yet known. Both are known to have played badminton together several times.
Edhy Prabowo's attorney, Soesilo Aribowo, did not deny the closeness of the two. According to him, Edhy really likes to play badminton with the two athletes.
"Yes, there are two. Indeed, playing often means sports, yes, Mr. Edhy's hobby is also sports. Bela (Bellaetrix Manuputty, red) is one of them. The other one I forget," Soesilo told reporters at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, Jakarta. South, Wednesday, December 30th.
According to her, her client's closeness with Bella, who is a gold medalist for the 2013 SEA Games women and another female athlete, has been established for a long time. Even before he served as a minister in the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet. However, he did not know for sure whether there was any money flowing from the bribery case for export of fry or lobster seeds for both of them.
"Mr. Edhy was indeed friends before becoming a minister, he just likes playing badminton. Not many things have been confirmed yet," said Soesilo.
He also explained that today Edhy is running an examination as a suspect. However, the examination did not yet cover the substance of the alleged export bribery case which led to the former Gerindra Party official being caught in a hand-arrest operation (OTT).
"This is the first suspect's examination. So earlier there were approximately 30 questions and still not much of the actual substance. Only then did he get to his identity, then the main duties and functions of a minister, then did he know Ainul Faqih when, knew Andreau when he was doing what and others. delivered, red), to the bribe itself is still not, "he said.
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 allegedly 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, for a total of 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.