Kubu Firli Calls Extortion Case A Form Of Resistance, Polda Metro: Not SYL Complaints

Director of Special Criminal Investigation of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya stated that the former Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo or SYL, was not the maker of public complaints (dumas) in the alleged extortion case that appointed the inactive Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Firli Bahuri, as a suspect. The statement was conveyed by the Director of Special Criminal Investigation of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Safri who responded to the contents of the pretrial petition from Firli Bahuri's camp. the investigation is currently being carried out by the investigative team," said Ade to reporters quoted on Tuesday, December 12. However, Ade was reluctant to convey the identity of the dumas maker in the case. The reason is that the Polda Metro Jaya will keep it a form of protection. "It is mandatory for us to keep the identity of the pendumas secret and provide protection to the pendumas and it is regulated in the applicable regulations," said Ade.Kubu Firli Bahuri previously mentioned the case of alleged extortion handled by Polda Metro Jaya is a form of resistance from Syahrul Yasin Limpo. Because, he was afraid that he would be named a suspect by the anti-corruption agency. The statement was conveyed by Firli Bahuri's lawyer, Ian Iskandar when reading out the pretrial petition at the trial at the South Jakarta District Court. "That it is reasonable to suspect, because of fear in witness Syahrul Yasin Limpo, he will soon be named a suspect by the Indonesian KPK, then witness Syahrul Yasin Limpo took a number of actions to weaken and hinder the process of determining the suspect against him," said Ian. In addition, in the petitum, Firli Bahuri asked the panel of judges, Imelda Herawati, to order the Metro Jaya Police Chief Inspector General Karyoto to issue a Letter of Termination of Investigation (SP3) for the alleged corruption case that named him a suspect. "Ordered the respondent (Kapolda Metro Jaya) to stop the investigation of the applicant (Firli Bahuri)," said Ian. The reason in Balik permohonan itu karena dinilai surat perintah penyidikan Karyoto tidak sah. Sebab, surat itu dikeluarkan di hari yang sama dengan penerbitan laporan polisi (LP) pada 9 Oktober. Terlebih, hal itu dinilai pengacara Firli, tidak sesuai dengan ketentuan proses penyelidikan dan penyidikan yang telah diatur secara tegas dan jelas pada Undang-undang Nomor 8 Tahun 1981 tentang Kitat Hukum Acara Pidana (KUHAP), khususnya pada Pasal 1 angka 2 KUHAP juncto Pasal 1 angka 5 KUHAP.

"Declaring that all decisions or determinations issued further by the respondent are related to the determination of the suspect against the applicant," said Ian In this case, Firli was charged with Article 12e, 12B or Article 11 of Law number 31 of 1999 concerning the eradication of corruption in conjunction with Article 65 of the Criminal Code. Thus, life imprisonment.