Edhy Prabowo's Wife Staff Was Questioned About Money Being Used For Personal Purposes

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned the staff of the wife of the former Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Edhy Prabowo, Ainul Faqih, who was also a suspect in the bribery case for exporting shrimp fries or lobster seeds.

"AF (Ainul Faqih) is examined as a suspect as well as a witness for EP (Edhy Prabowo) and his friends," said Acting KPK spokesman for prosecution Ali Fikri to reporters, Wednesday, October 20.

During the investigation carried out on Tuesday, January 19 yesterday, Ainul was questioned by the KPK regarding the flow of funds that were suspected to have come from bribes from exports of fries or lobster seeds.

The money flows into his account and is used to meet Edhy Prabowo's needs.

"Exploration of information related to the alleged flow of a certain amount of money in the bank account in the name of the person concerned. This money was allegedly sourced from lobster seed exporters and used it for the needs of the EP suspect," Ali explained.

In the case of the export bribery of shrimp fry or lobster seeds, 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 was named a suspect because he was suspected of accepting bribes from companies that had been issued a lobster seed export license using a forwarder company and were 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to the account of PT ACK, which is currently the sole cargo service provider for the export of lobster seeds, is then withdrawn to the accounts of PT ACK holders, namely Ahmad Bahtiar and Amri, for a total of Rp9.8 billion.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 Rp3.4 billion to the staff account of Edhy's wife, Ainul, which was earmarked for the needs of Edhy, his wife Iis Rosyati Dewi, Safri, and Andreau.

This money is used for shopping for luxury goods by Edhy and his wife in Honolulu, USA from November 21 to 23, 2020, amounting to around IDR 750 million, including Rolex watches, Tumi and LV bags, road bikes, and Old Navy clothes.

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