Tomorrow, Bengkulu Governor Rohidin And Regent Kaur Gusril Will Be Summoned By The KPK

Illustrated (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), summoned Bengkulu Governor Rohidin Mersyah and Regent Kaur Gusril Pausi, Monday, January 18, tomorrow.

The two of them will be examined as witnesses in the investigation of the bribery case that ensnared the former Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Edhy Prabowo (EP).

"That's right, according to the information we received on Monday, January 18, Regent Kaur Gusril Pausi and Governor of Bengkulu Rohidin Mersyah are scheduled to be examined as witnesses by the KPK investigating team," said Plt. KPK spokesperson for prosecution Ali Fikri in his statement in Jakarta, reported on Sunday, January 17.

Ali confirmed that the summons for both of them had been sent and that the investigation was carried out at the KPK Red and White House, Jakarta.

"We summoned someone as a witness of course because of the need for an investigation with the aim of clarifying the series of actions of the suspects in this case," he said.

Previously, both of them had been summoned by the KPK. However, it has not yet attended the investigator's summons. Rohidin was not present on Tuesday, January 12 after the summons had not been received.

Likewise, Gusri was not present on Monday, January 11. Gusril also admitted that he never received a summons.

Apart from Edhy, the KPK also named six other suspects, namely Edhy's special staff as well as Deputy Chair of the Safri Due Diligence Team (SAF), Edhy's special staff as well as the Head of Due Diligence Team, Andreau Pribadi Misata (APM).

Furthermore, Amiril Mukminin (AM) from the private sector / personal secretary Edhy, the management of PT Aero Citra Kargo (ACK) Siswadi (SWD), Ainul Faqih (AF) as staff of Edhy's wife, and Director of PT Dua Putra Perkasa (DPP) Suharjito (SJT) ).

Edhy is suspected of accepting bribes from companies that have been issued lobster seed export permits using a forwarder company and are kept 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to the account of PT ACK, which is currently the sole cargo service provider for the export of lobster seeds, is then withdrawn to the accounts of PT ACK holders, namely Ahmad Bahtiar and Amri, for a total of Rp9.8 billion.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, of Rp. 3.4 billion for the needs of Edhy and his wife, Iis Rosita Dewi, as well as Safri and Andreau.

The money was allegedly spent on luxury goods by Edhy and his wife in Honolulu, USA from November 21 to 23, 2020, around IDR 750 million, including Rolex watches, 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.