KPK Will Study Or Not Supervision Of Allegations Of Ex-Minister Of Agriculture SYL

The KPK held a press conference on the detention of former Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo or SYL (orange camp), a suspect in the alleged riot at the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday night, October 13. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will examine whether or not to supervise the extortion case of former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo.

This was conveyed by the Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri in response to the supervision application sent by the Polda Metro Jaya on October 11.

"In principle, the KPK will certainly consider whether to supervise or not," Ali told reporters, Monday, October 16.

The KPK conducted a study first to prevent conflicts of interest. It is known that this extortion case allegedly involved a leader who was later called KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri.

"KPK as an institution that is given the mandate to coordinate and supervise law enforcement for corruption always encourages the entire law enforcement process to run effectively and efficiently while remaining based on the principles of law and applicable regulations," said Ali.

Even so, Ali said that until now the application letter sent by Polda Metro Jaya has not been received. "Later we will check again," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK was in the spotlight because it was suspected that there was a leader who blackmailed former Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo who had now been detained. This case is being handled by the Polda Metro Jaya and has entered the investigation stage.

As for the issue of extortion, there is a photo of KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri and Syahrul Yasin Limpo meeting at a badminton field. Firli initially denied the meeting and admitted that he only met the NasDem Party politician at the cabinet meeting.

However, recently he confirmed the meeting at the badminton field. However, Firli said the meeting was attended by other parties.

In addition, he also said that the meeting took place before the KPK investigated allegations of corruption at the Ministry of Agriculture. This means, according to Firli, at that time Syahrul was not a litigant.

In investigating the alleged extortion, a total of 12 witnesses have been examined in this case. Two of them are Syahrul and the Semarang Police Chief Kombes Irwan Anwar.

Then there was a witness from the KPK who had been summoned and examined, namely Kevin Egananta. He is an aide to Firli Bahuri.