SYL's Camp Calls Umrah Not A Personal Interest: There Is An Arrival Of The MoU

JAKARTA - The Syahril Yasin Limpo or SYL camp stated that in the trial it was revealed that the Umrah trip using the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) money was not for personal gain. Instead, the ministry's official trip.

SYL's legal adviser, Djamaludin Koedoeboen, said this was corroborated by the testimony of one of the witnesses who stated that there was a signing of the MoU or agreement in Mecca.

"The person concerned is if what we remember is that he also left for Umrah and there was a signing of the MoU in Mecca," Koedoeboen told reporters at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Wednesday, May 22.

In fact, the witness was also involved in the MoU matching. This is because he made considerations or a brief description of the main ideas that became the background and reasons for making decisions.

"He made the consideration of the Mou. And that's what we will explore so that we can find the facts, the material truth that what really happened," he said.

That way, continued Koedoeboen, the accusation that the Umrah activity was the personal interest of SYL was refuted. Moreover, several echelons I and II participated in the activity.

"Then the others also mentioned that the gathering was for the activities of the Ministry of Agriculture, it was explained earlier that echelon I, echelon IIn, then they took the pesawa, they took the jet everywhere, so it's not for his personal money," he said.

In the next trial, this matter became one of the priorities of the SYL camp to be sharpened. Thus, the Umrah trip did not become biased as it was accused.

"Well, that's later because we don't have time to sharpen and dig deeper, then later it will be our focus point later," said Koedoeboen.

Previously, the Director General (Dirjen) of Plantation Andi Nur Alam Syah in the trial said that the Directorate he led issued Rp317 for Syahrul Yasin Limpo's benefit.

The allocation is that the payment for SYL family travel tickets from Makassar in December 2022 has a value of Rp. 36 million. Then, there was also a lack of Umrah costs of Rp. 159 million in January 2023.

"We shared the lack of official travel related to Umrah amounting to Rp. 159 million," said Andi.