Investigating The Edhy Prabowo Bribery Case, PT ACK And PT Dua Putra Perkasa Officials Examined By The KPK

KPK Building (DOK.VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has begun examining witnesses of bribery cases related to the export of fries or lobster seeds that ensnared the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo.

The KPK investigating team scheduled the examination of five witnesses, namely the President Director of PT Aero Citra Kargo (PT ACK) Amri and Commissioner of PT ACK Achmad Bahtiar.

Apart from that, the investigators also scheduled an examination of the PT Dua Putra Perkasa (PT DPP) Ship Manager, Agus Kurniawanto; Manager of PT DPP, Ardi Wijaya; and Director of Finance (Dirkeu) PT DPP, M. Zainul Fatih.

"Examined as a witness for the EP suspect (Edhy Prabowo)," said Acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri to reporters, Thursday, December 3.

In the alleged bribery case, PT ACK and PT Dua Putra Perkasa have their respective roles. PT ACK is the sole company that sends fry or lobster seeds at a rate of IDR 1,800 per fry.

Meanwhile, PT Dua Putra Perkasa, which was founded by Suharjito, allegedly obtained permission to export the fry by giving bribes to Edhy through his staff.

Previously, Edhy was suspected of receiving Rp3.4 billion in bribes, which was then used as much as Rp. 750 million to buy luxury goods in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. The items he bought included bags, clothes, luxury Rolex watches, and bicycles.

In this case, Edhy Prabowo was named a suspect in receiving bribes along with five other people, namely: Stafsus Minister of KKP Safri (SAF) and Andreau Pribadi Misanta (APM); Management of PT Aero Citra Kargo (PT ACK) Siswadi (SWD); The staff of the wife of the Minister of KKP, Ainul Faqih, and Amiril Mukminin (AM).

Meanwhile, the giver of the bribe was the Director of PT Dua Putra Perkasa Pratama (PT DPPP) Suharjito (SJT).