Searching Places Related To Edhy Prabowo's Bribery, KPK Returns Empty Hands

Former Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo (photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Task Force Team conducted a search again regarding the suspected bribery case for the export license of fry involving the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Edhy Prabowo.

Unfortunately, in this search, the KPK did not find any documents or anything related to this case. The KPK team returned empty-handed.

"When they arrived at the location, there were nothing (items, red) that were secured. So of course the investigation process was completed and returned," said Acting KPK spokesman for the Enforcement Division Ali Fikri in a press conference broadcast on the KPK RI YouTube account, Friday, February 5.

However, Ali did not specify the place of the search. It's just that, he said, the place was searched because it was suspected that there were traces of the suspects in this case. The search was carried out on Thursday, February 4 at night.

"Last night there was an activity carried out by a team of investigators related to a search plan in a place related to the KKP case against a private party at 22.00 WIB," 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 IDR 9.8 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 ACK, which is currently the sole cargo service provider for the export of lobster seeds, is then withdrawn to the accounts of PT.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 IDR 9.8 billion.

In addition, around May 2020, Edhy was also suspected of receiving 100 thousand US dollars from Suharjito through Safri and Amiril. Furthermore, on November 5, 2020, Ahmad Bahtiar transferred IDR 3.4 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 bike, and Old Navy clothes.