Former Deputy Minister Of Law And Human Rights Eddy Hiariej Allegedly Candidates To Be The Chair Of The Tennis Association Using Bribery Money For PT CLM's Boss

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that former Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights (Wamenkumham) Edward Sharif Omar Hiariej or Eddy Hiariej used bribes from former Director of PT Citra Lampia Mandiri (CLM), Helmut Hermawan for his personal needs. One of them is running as a candidate for Chairman of the Central Board of the Indonesian Tennis Association (PP Pelti).

This allegation was conveyed by KPK Deputy Chairman Alexander Marwata during a press conference on Helmut's detention today, Thursday, December 7. He said that this gift was initiated because there was a dispute over the ownership status of PT CLM since 2019-2022 and finally Eddy was elected as a legal consultant.

"As a follow-up, around April 2022 a meeting was held at the EOSH official residence which was attended by HH," said Alexander at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.

The meeting was attended by Eddy's personal assistant, Yogi Arie Rukmana and a lawyer named Yosi Andika Mulyadi. Both of them then became representatives of Eddy in handling the dispute between the company THelmut.

"The amount of fees agreed to be given by HH to EOSH is around Rp. 4 billion," said Alexander.

In addition, Eddy also received Rp3 billion from the businessman. This gift is suspected to be related to other legal problems at the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police which he promised to take care of.

Finally, Helmut gave Rp1 billion to unblock PT CLM in the Legal Entity Administration System (SABH) of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights. Eddy as Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights is suspected of using his authority which led to the provision of money, said Alexander.

"HH again gave around Rp1 billion for EOSH's personal needs to run in the nomination of the Chairman of the Central Management of the Indonesian Tennis Association (PP Pelti)," he said.

The total money that Eddy received from Helmut reached Rp. 8 billion. Alexander said the technicality of giving money using Yogi and Yosi's bank accounts was.

"KPK makes the provision of money amounting to around Rp. 8 billion from HH at EOSH through YAR and YAN as initial evidence to continue to be traced and explored until it is developed," he said.

As for this case, Helmut has been detained for the first 20 days at the KPK Detention Center. Meanwhile, Eddy and the other two suspects, Yogi and Yosi, are still breathing free air.

Eddy was actually summoned on Thursday, December 7. However, he admitted that he was sick and the KPK would reschedule.