It Was Revealed That Firli Bahuri Met SYL In Kertanegara, There Were Transactions Of IDR 800 Million

Firli Bahuri's pretrial hearing at the South Jakarta District Court (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - The head of the inactive Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Firli Bahuri, is known to have met Syahrul Yasin Limpo at the safe house on Jalan Kertanegara number 46, South Jakarta. At the meeting, there was a transaction worth Rp800 million. This was revealed based on the information from the Polda Metro Jaya Legal Division (Bidkum) team when responding to the request for a pretrial lawsuit for Firli Bahuri's camp during a trial at the South Jakarta District Court. "On February 12, 2021, there was a safe house at Jalan Kertanegara number 46 RT 10 / RW 03, Rawa Barat Village, Kebayoran Baru District, South Jakarta City, DKI Jakarta Province between Syahrul Yasin Limpo, Irwan Anwar, and the applicant there was a transaction of 800 million rupiah in foreign currency," said one member of the Jakarta Metro Police Bidkum team during the trial, Tuesday, December 12. The beginning of the meeting when Firli Bahuri contacted Anom Wibowo, a member of the police who currently holds the rank of Brigadier General and serves as Director of Investigation and Dispute Settlement of the Directorate General of Intellectual Property at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, in February 2021. "The Petitioner contacted Anom Wibowo to convey a message to Irwan Anwar's brother to contact him," he said. Then, Irwan Anwar, who now serves as the Semarang Police Chief, contacted Firli Bahuri. The contents of the conversation between the two regarding the inactive KPK chairman asked Irwan Anwar to accompany Syahrul Yasin Limpo who would face him. Until finally, the meeting was realized on February 12, 2021. Then, there was a handover or transaction worth hundreds of millions. "That after Mr. Irwan Anwar contacted the applicant, the applicant said in essence that Irwan Anwar's brother accompanied Syahrul Yasin Limpo to face and stay in touch with the applicant," he said. 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 title 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, it is threatened with life imprisonment.