Mahfud MD Asks KPK To Respond To Firli Bahuri's Pressure To Resign In The Aftermath Of SYL's Alleged Extortion

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD at the Constitutional Court Building, Jakarta, Tuesday, October 3. (ANTARA-Cahya Sari)

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menkopolhukam) Mahfud MD has fully handed over to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) regarding the insistence that KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri resign in the midst of investigating the alleged extortion case against former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo (SYL). “ His name is urging, some ordered to resign, some did not order to resign. Let the KPK take care of it later,” Mahfud said at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Thursday, October 12, was confiscated by Antara. Mahfud said each institution has the size or capacity to assess a problem. "“(Each) has its own sizes," he said. Polda Metro Jaya is currently investigating a case of alleged extortion by the KPK leadership against SYL in handling a case of alleged corruption at the Ministry of Agriculture. The report emerged from Dumas or public complaints. The Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation of the Metro Jaya Police has rescheduled the examination of KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri's aide on Friday, October 13, after Firli's aide was not present at the examination on Wednesday, October 11. "The person concerned was not present and asked for a postponement of the examination of the investigator for official reasons and has been rescheduled for the examination of the person concerned on Friday," said Director of Special Criminal Investigation at the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Pol Ade Safri Simanjuntak. Polda Metro Jaya has examined 11 witnesses related to the alleged extortion case by the KPK leadership against SYL.

In addition to the 11 witnesses who have been questioned, the Polda Metro Jaya investigators, this Thursday, again examined three witnesses related to the extortion case. The material for the examination is about the alleged corruption crime that occurred. Four of the 11 people who have been summoned by investigators from the Special Criminal Investigation Directorate (Ditreskrimsus) Polda Metro Jaya are SYL, driver SYL, aide to SYL and Kapolrestabes Semarang Kombes Pol Irwan Anwar. The extortion is suspected to be related to the handling of legal problems at the Ministry of Agriculture from 2020 to 2023. The crime of extortion or receiving gratuities or receiving gifts or promises by civil servants or state officials related to handling legal problems is regulated in Article 12e or Article 12g or Article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 65 of the Criminal Code.