Examining Edhy Prabowo, KPK Investigates The Issuance Of Ministerial Regulation On Lobster Management To Crab

JAKARTA - Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators conducted an examination of the former Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo who was caught in a bribery case related to the export of lobster fries or seeds.

At the examination held on Monday, January 4, investigators studied the process of drafting and issuing Ministerial Regulation No. 12/2020 concerning the Management of Lobster, Crab and Crab in Indonesian territory.

"Edhy Prabowo, the former Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, has his knowledge explored regarding the process of drafting and issuing Ministerial Regulation Number 12 of 2020 concerning the Management of Lobster, Crab, Crab in the territory of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia," said Acting KPK spokesman for Enforcement Ali Fikri in his quoted written statement. Tuesday, January 5.

Apart from that, in the same case the investigators also examined the Director of PT Maradeka Karya Semesta Untyas Anggraeni and a private party, Bambang Sugiarto, as witnesses.

The two of them were questioned by a team of investigators regarding their company's participation as one of the lobster seed exporters that received a recommendation from the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries. In addition, investigators are also investigating the meeting at the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Building which allegedly discussed fees for Edhy Prabowo.

"The two were confirmed in connection with the witness company 's participation as one of the lobster seed exporters who received recommendations and also investigated the alleged meeting at the Office of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries to condition the value of the fee to be given to various parties including the suspect EP (Edhy Prabowo) and the team, "he said.

Previously reported, the KPK named a number of suspects in the bribery case related to the export of lobster seeds. They are former Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo, Special Staff of the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries as well as Deputy Chief Executive of Safri's Due Diligence (SAF) Team, Special Staff of the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries as well as Chief Executive of the Due Diligence Team, Andreau Pribadi Misata (APM), private / Personal Secretary of the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Amiril Mukminin (AM).

Then, the management of PT Aero Citra Kargo (ACK) Siswadi (SWD), the staff of the wife of the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ainul Faqih (AF), and the Director of PT Dua Putra Perkasa (DPP) Suharjito (SJT).

In this case, Edhy was named a suspect because he was suspected of accepting bribes from companies that had been issued a lobster seed export license using a forwarder company and were kept in one account 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, 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.