JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that not all items taken from the search site could be used as evidence. Including, goods from a number of locations related to the alleged corruption in the export of fries or lobster seeds that dragged the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo.
"Indeed, sometimes (items, red) we take material on the first day as evidence, but the next day not," said Deputy for Enforcement of the Corruption Eradication Commission Karyoto in a press conference broadcast on the KPK RI YouTube account, Friday, December 4.
Later, the items taken from a number of locations that had been searched, he said, would be re-evaluated to be designated as evidence and then confiscated.
"On Monday we plan to conduct a review on which searches can be used as evidence or not," he said.
"Because if for example it becomes evidence, it will be followed up with a confiscation warrant which has not yet been on my desk," he added.
It is known that the investigation into the case that ensnared Edhy Prabowo continues to be carried out by the anti-graft commission. One of them, by conducting searches in various places.
Most recently, the KPK conducted a search at one of the official houses of the DPR RI, to be precise, the official house occupied by Edhy Prabowo's wife, Iis Rosita Dewi in the Kalibata area, South Jakarta on Thursday, December 3, until 00.00 WIB.
In the search, Acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri said that a number of evidences were found.
"During the search, a number of documents and electronic items related to this case were found and secured," Ali said in a written statement to journalists, Friday, December 4.
Then, just like other evidence found by the KPK in other places, the documents and electronic items will be further analyzed by investigators.
It is known that the KPK has carried out several searches to investigate this case.
The KPK has carried out a search at the official residence of KP Minister Edhy Prabowo several days ago. At that time, the KPK confiscated eight units of bicycles and money in rupiah and foreign currency totaling around Rp. 4 billion, which were allegedly related to the bribery case for the export of fries or lobster seeds.
Previously, the KPK investigating team conducted a search at the office of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP). As a result, the KPK at that time confiscated rupiah cash and foreign currency whose nominal values were not stated and a number of documents.
Subsequently, the search was carried out at the PT ACK office in West Jakarta on Monday, November 30.
After the search, a number of evidence related to the bribery case for the export of fries and lobster seeds was brought by KPK investigators. As for the evidence found in the form of documents and other electronic evidence, however, the KPK did not give details.
This evidence will be investigated and analyzed by KPK investigators and searches in other locations will still be carried out.
Then, on Monday, December 1, yesterday, KPK investigators carried out searches in three places in the Bekasi area, West Java.
The three locations ransacked were houses, offices and warehouses belonging to the suspect bribery Minister Edhy Prabowo, namely the Director of PT Duta Putra Perkasa, Suharjito (SJT).
From the results of a search that was carried out from 15.00 WIB to 00.00 WIB, the KPK found a number of evidence related to this case. Includes evidence of financial transactions related to bribes.
It is known that 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).
Edhy Prabowo and a number of suspects were arrested by the KPK prosecution team at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Cengkareng, Tangerang upon arrival from Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Edhy and other suspects were immediately detained by the KPK.
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