KPK Extends Detention Period Of Edhy Prabowo's Close People Regarding Benur Bribery

Former Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo (second right) is preparing to undergo further examination at the KPK building (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has extended the detention period of two suspects related to the alleged bribery case for the permit of lobster seeds (fries) at the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP).

The two people are the Special Staff of the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries as well as the Chief Executive of the Due Diligence Team Andreau Pribadi Misata (APM) and Amiril Mukminin (AM), private / secretary Edhy Prabowo.

"Today (15 December) the detention of two suspects is extended, namely APM and AM," said Plt. KPK spokesman Ali Fikri in his statement to reporters in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Tuesday, December 15.

Ali said that the detention extension for the two suspects each was for 40 days, from 16 December 2020 to 24 January 2021.

"Each of the suspects was detained at the KPK Branch Detention Center at the KPK's Red and White House Detention Center," he said.

Ali explained that the detention extension was due to investigators currently still completing the case files of the suspects.

Previously, on Monday, December 14, the KPK had extended the five other suspects, namely the inactive Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo (EP).

Furthermore, the Special Staff of the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries as well as Deputy Chairperson of Safri Due Diligence Team (SAF), management of PT Aero Citra Kargo (ACK) Siswadi (SWD), staff of the wife of the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ainul Faqih (AF), and Director of PT Dua Putra Perkasa (DPP) Suharjito (SJT).

The KPK in this case named Edhy as a suspect on suspicion of accepting bribes from companies that were issued with a lobster seed export license using a forwarder company and accommodated in one account up to Rp9.8 billion.

The money that goes to the account of PT ACK, which is currently the sole cargo service provider for the export of lobster seeds, is then withdrawn to the accounts of PT ACK holders, namely Ahmad Bahtiar and Amri, for a total of Rp9.8 billion.

Furthermore, on November 5, 2020, Ahmad Bahtiar transferred to the account of Edhy's wife, Ainul, in the amount of IDR 3.4 billion for the needs of Edhy, his wife Iis Rosyati Dewi, Safri, and Andreau.

The money is for shopping for luxury goods by Edhy and his wife in Honolulu, USA, from November 21 to 23, 2020, around IDR 750 million, including a Rolex watch, Tumi and LV bags, and Old Navy clothes.

In addition, around May 2020, Edhy was also suspected of receiving 100,000 US dollars from Suharjito through Safri and Amiril.