6 Witnesses Examined By KPK Regarding Bribes For Exports Of Benur Including The Head Of Bank BNI Cibinong

Illustration of the KPK Building (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has investigated six people in cases of bribery for export licenses of lobster fries or seeds. The six of them will be examined as witnesses in the case that ensnared the former Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Edhy Prabowo.

Six people who were summoned to be questioned by investigators were the Marketing Director of PT Berdikari who was also notary Alvin Nugraha and two private employees, namely Syamsudin and Yusuf Agustinus.

Apart from that, there is also an entrepreneur named Mohamad Hekal; notary named Lies Herminingsih; and Chairman of BNI Cibinong Branch Alex Wijaya.

"Examined as a witness for the EP suspect (Edhy Prabowo)," said Acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri in his written statement, Monday, February 8.

It is not yet known what material the witnesses will ask about the examination. However, this summons is usually addressed to parties who are deemed to have knowledge of the case being investigated by the investigator.

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to the account of PT ACK, which is currently the sole cargo service provider for the export of lobster seeds, is then withdrawn to the accounts of PT ACK holders, namely Ahmad Bahtiar and Amri, for a total of Rp9.8 billion.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