Criminal Expert Witness Called Stafsus Edhy Prabowo Most Responsible In Benur Bribery Case

JAKARTA - Criminal law expert at the Islamic University of Indonesia (UII) Mudzakir said that the party who should be responsible for the bribe for the export permit of lobster or fry is the special staff (stafsus) of the former Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) Edhy Prabowo.

Mudzakir made this statement when presented as an expert in the alleged bribery of the lobster seed export license for the defendant Suharjito.

"The minister's staff action according to the expert is a commitment he committed wrongdoing. Because of what? This company has already taken care of the process, only it does not publish, so the staff (Suharjito) asked that they should make a commitment to bribery, so the bribe was sourced from staff, "said Mudzakir during a trial at the Corruption Court, Jakarta, Wednesday, March 24.

With the request from the staff regarding the fee commitment, said Mudzakir, the permit management was forced to fulfill the request.

"Therefore, the occurrence of giving something to the staff was not due to the party who took care of the permit, but it was the staff who made it to be published by giving something," said Mudzakir.

In addition, Mudzakir also considered that in this case Suharjito was a passive bribe giver. The reason was that the gift was not an initiative of Suharjito, but rather, an urge to issue an export permit.

"The conclusion is that the person responsible for the giving is staff. This entrepreneur is a victim of the staff in order to give something. On that basis, according to the expert, giving something is passive, and the active responsibility is staphone. The key word is that the entrepreneur is a victim, and passive. , "said Mudzakir.

Meanwhile, in this case, Suharjito was charged with bribing former Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) Edhy Prabowo in the amount of IDR 2.1 billion. The bribe is related to the export license for lobster or fry.

"Defendant Suharjito has committed several acts that have such a relationship that it must be seen as a continuing act, namely giving or promising something, namely giving something in the form of a total of USD 103 thousand and Rp 706,055,440 to a civil servant or

State organizer, namely to Edhy Prabowo as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia (KP-RI Minister), "said KPK prosecutor Siswandono in a trial at the Corruption Court, Jakarta, Thursday, February 11.

The amount of bribes amounting to Rp2.1 billion represents the accumulated money given. This is because, if converted to rupiah, 103 thousand United States (US) dollars are worth Rp. 1,441,799,150 or around Rp1.4 billion.

The indictment also stated that Suharjito gave bribes to Edhy Prabowo through the special staff of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Safri and Andrau Misanta Pribadi. In addition, the name of Edhy's Personal Secretary, Amiril Mukminin, and Ainul Faqih as the personal staff of Edhy Prabowo's wife, namely, Iis Rosita Dewi, were also written.

Suharjito was charged with Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or Article 13 of the Corruption Eradication Law in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.