KPK Summons Former Employee Rasamala Aritonang Regarding The SYL Money Laundering Case Today

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned its former employee, Rasamala Aritonang as a witness today, Wednesday, March 19. He was questioned as a witness in the money laundering crime (TPPU) that ensnared former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo or SYL.

"The examination was carried out at the KPK's Red and White building on behalf of RA as a private employee," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika to reporters in her statement, Wednesday, March 19.

Tessa has not detailed the material for the examination of Rasamala. The same goes for his presence as a witness.

Rasamala is known to have been prevented from leaving the country with Febri Diansyah and Donal Fariz when the anti-corruption commission investigated the extortion and gratification case that ensnared SYL.

As for Rasamala, Febri Diansyah, and Donal Fariz, they worked in one law firm, Visi Law. The two names were SYL's attorneys after they no longer worked in the anti-corruption commission.

As previously reported, Syahrul Yasin Limpo is still a suspect in alleged money laundering. This step was taken after the KPK developed a case of extortion and acceptance of gratuities that ensnared him.

In this case, the anti-corruption commission has confiscated a number of assets that Syahrul allegedly bought with money from corruption. Among them is a white-twisted Mitsubishi Sport Dakar hidden in an empty land in the Makassar area, South Sulawesi.