SYL's Camp Regarding Rp2 Billion's Money Called The Prosecutor Shifted: How Has It Been Detained?

The Syahrul Yasin Limpo (SYL) camp responded to the replica of the Public Prosecutor (JPU) regarding the shift of Rp2 billion from the account of the former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) to the holding account of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

According to one of SYL's attorneys, the prosecutor's opinion that the money was deliberately hidden and immediately transferred when it was discovered was very strange. This is because the transfer of money occurred when SYL had been detained.

"Regarding the Rp2,018,215,633 money belonging to the defendant which was hidden by the defendant, but based on the investigation it was known and found by KPK investigators, so based on the KPK letter on January 2, 2024, the money was transferred to the KPK confiscation account," said SYL's attorney reading the duplicate at the trial at the Corruption Court in Jakarta, Tuesday, July 9.

"That in this regard, the defendant felt strange. Because in the facts of the trial, he did not admit that his account was confiscated by the KPK, but denied the shift shown by the public prosecutor according to the evidence shown in the facts of the trial if the defendant had deposited the money into the KPK account," he continued.

Not only because they have been detained, all SYL assets have also been confiscated by the KPK. With begit, it is impossible for the former Minister of Agriculture to deliberately shift the money to a KPK deposit account.

"The defendant on that date was detained and in the KPK detention center, as well as all the assets of the defendant were confiscated by the KPK. So how can the defendant shift to save or hide money in the account? If it shifts, who shifts it? This raises a big question mark for us," he said.

In fact, the question of shifting money was actually carried out by KPK investigators without SYL's approval.

"Or the KPK is authorized to shift the contents of the defendant's account to the KPK account without the defendant's approval without a court decision with permanent legal force," said SYL's attorney.

In the case of extortion and gratification, Syahrul Yasin Limpo was sentenced to 12 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison. He was also asked to pay compensation of around Rp. 44 billion and US$ 30 thousand.

The claim was made because the prosecutor believed that SYL violated Article 12 letter e in conjunction with Article 18 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code (KUHP) in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code