Firli Bahuri's Resistance That Didn't Make Polda Metro Gentar

Polda Metro Jaya (VOI) Building

JAKARTA - The chairman of the inactive Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Firli Bahuri, fought back by filing a pretrial lawsuit against his determination as a suspect in the alleged extortion case against former Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo. However, Firli's resistance did not scare the Jakarta Metro Police investigators, in this case, the Sub-Directorate of Corruption, Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation. Firli Bahuri through his attorney filed a pretrial lawsuit at the South Jakarta District Court. The lawsuit was received on November 24 with number 129/Pid.Pra/2023/JKT.SEL.Chairman of the South Jakarta District Court has appointed the sole judge Imelda Herawati to examine and hear the court's request. The inaugural trial is planned to be held on December 11.Polda Metro Jaya was not afraid of Firli Bahuri's resistance steps. This is because the Director of Special Criminal Investigation at Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak said he was ready to face it. The Legal Division Team (Bidkum) will "Investigators and Bidkum Polda Metro Jaya are ready to face the pretrial lawsuit," said Director of Special Criminal Investigation at Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak, quoted on Saturday, November 25. On the other hand, Ade did not question Firli Bahuri's steps in filing a pretrial lawsuit. Because it is his right. However, Polda Metro Jaya investigators still respect the decision chosen by the KPK chairman. "That is the right of the suspect or the suspect's family through power the law. Investigators in principle respect that," said Ade. Similarly, the Metro Jaya Police Chief Inspector General Karyoto as the respondent in the lawsuit filed by Firli Bahuri's camp, responded by calling this the right of each suspect. "Yes, the rights set by the suspect and are legal," said Karyoto. At the trial "Our organization is complete," said Karyoto. In fact, National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo had stepped down to respond to the resistance steps from Firli Bahuri. It was said that the investigative team was asked to prepare for the pretrial lawsuit. "I think the process was already underway, yesterday it was conveyed that there were pretrial stages that would be taken. Of course, investigators must also prepare as well as possible," said Sigit. The investigations that have been carried out can be accounted for in front of the panel of judges.

In addition, regarding the assumption that there was an error in determining the suspect, it was emphasized that the National Police Chief must be refuted by proving the rules of the main investigation. "So that when the process is running, our investigation can be accounted for. I think that's normative," said Sigit.