Edhy Prabowo Admits Renting Apartments For Badminton Players Keysa And Debby In Kalcit

Edhy Prabowo (DOK. KPK)

JAKARTA - The former Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Edhy Prabowo, admitted that he rented an apartment for two badminton athletes Keysa Maulitta Putri and Debby Susanto. However, he denied that the rental had used bribes in the case of lobster or fry export.

"I gave an apartment, if Keysa and Debby I rented an apartment in Kalibata City for a long time since 2010, when I got to know him," said Edhy after being questioned at the Red and White KPK building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, February 3.

He said the rental of the apartment was long before he served as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. So, he felt confused when it was stated that the apartment was connected to the bribery case that caught him.

When asked about their relationship, Edhy denied there was a special relationship with the two people. He said that this apartment rental was carried out to support his second career.

"When I got to know him because he had just finished national training with badminton and had good potential," he said.

As previously reported, in the case of the export bribery of lobster 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to the account of PT ACK, which is currently the sole cargo service provider for the export of lobster seeds, is then withdrawn to the accounts of PT ACK holders, namely Ahmad Bahtiar and Amri, for a total of Rp9.8 billion.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.