Investigate Firli Peras SYL Case, Police Examine More Than One Hundred Witnesses And Experts

Former KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri (ANTARA)

The joint investigative team continues to gather witness and expert testimony in the handling of the alleged extortion case against the former Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo or SYL, with the inactive Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Firli Bahuri. So far, 98 witnesses and 11 experts have been examined. "The investigation has been carried out on 98 witnesses and 11 experts have been examined," said Director of Special Criminal Investigation of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak to reporters, Tuesday, December 12. The number is witness and expert data as of December 11. Thus, it is possible that the investigation will continue to grow as the investigation process progresses. Most recently, investigators have examined two experts. The examination process was carried out at the Directorate of Corruption Crimes at the Police Criminal Investigation Unit. "The two experts, are one criminal expert and one criminal law expert," said Ade.Firli Bahuri as a suspect in the alleged extortion case against the former Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo. The determination was based on the results of the case conducted on Wednesday, November 22.

Several pieces of evidence that became the basis for determining the suspect, namely, foreign exchange documents worth Rp7.4 billion. Then, there were also the results of the extraction of 21 cellphones.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.