Firli Bahuri Receives IDR 3.8 Billion, SYL Money To Ministry Of Agriculture Officials

Former KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The head of the inactive Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Firli Bahuri, is said to have received several times the handover of money allegedly related to the handling of legal problems at the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) for the period 2020 to 2023. The amount reached IDR 3.8 billion.

Firli Bahuri's receipt of money was revealed based on information from the Metro Jaya Police's Legal Division (Bidkum) team when reading out the legal facts in the trial of the pretrial lawsuit which was held at the South Jakarta District Court, Tuesday, December 12.

The first money that Firli Bahuri received was related to securing legal problems, namely Rp800 million.

His handover began when the inactive KPK chairman contacted Anom Wibowo, a member of the police who currently holds the rank of Brigadier General and serves as Director of Investigation and Settlement of Dispute of the Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DJKI) of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, in February 2021.

"The applicant contacted Anom Wibowo's brother to convey a message to Irwan Anwar to contact him," said one member of the Bidkum Polda Metro Jaya team reading out the legal facts in the trial.

Then, Irwan Anwar, who now serves as the Semarang Police Chief, received the news, immediately contacted Firli Bahuri.

Irwan Anwar and Firli do have closeness. Because, while serving at the NTB Police as Director of General Crimes, Firli Bahuri was the leader or Kapolda.

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 at the safe house which is located at Jalan Kertanegara number 46, South Jakarta, on February 12, 2021. It was at that moment that IDR 800 million was handed over.

"(Meeting) Between Syahrul Yasin Limpo, Irwan Anwar's brother, and the applicant there was a transaction of 800 million rupiah in foreign currency," he said.

The second handover occurred in one of the houses in the Police Science College or STIK - PTIK area, around June 6, 2021 or June 13, 2021.

Kombes Irwan Anwar who handed over the money to Firli Bahuri. The amount reached Rp1 billion.

The origin of the money belongs to the inactive Director of Agricultural Equipment and Machinery (Alsintan) of the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan), Muhammad Hatta.

This is because Kombes Irwan Anwar first met with Muhammad Hatta at his residence. At that time, he was entrusted with the money.

The Rp1 billion money that was handed over by Muhammad Hatta to Kombes Irwan Irawan was in foreign currency. The money is stored in a white envelope that is put into the red folder.

After receiving the money, Kombes Irwan Anwar met with Firli Bahuri and handed over the money.

"On the same day there was a meeting between Irwan Anwar's brother and the applicant at one of the houses located next to the PTIK tennis court in South Jakarta," he said.

"At that time, brother Irwan Anwar handed over a bag containing money to the applicant," he continued.

Not only that, Firli also received money related to the handling of legal problems at the Ministry of Agriculture for the period 2020 to 2023.

This time, from Syahrul Yasin Limpo. The receipt of the money took place when the two met at the Tank Sports Center (GOR), West Jakarta, around March 2022. During the meeting there was a handover of money worth Rp. 1 billion.

"That on March 2, 2022, a meeting took place between SYL and the applicant at the Tank GOR in Taman Sari, West Jakarta," he said.

However, the handover of the money was not directly from Syahrul Yasin Limpo or SYL, then Minister of Agriculture, to Firli Bahuri.

Instead, the handover was through Panji Harjanto who was SYL's aide to Hendra Yoshua Daluwu as Firli Bahuri's Security and Guards (Pamwal) officer.

The nominal amount of money handed over reached Rp1 billion in foreign currency denominations. The money is in a small black bag.

"During the meeting, Panji Harjanto handed over a black handbag containing 1 billion rupiah in foreign currency denominations to sudra Hendra Yoshua Daluwu as the chairman of the Indonesian KPK," he said.

From the legal facts presented, Firli Bahuri again received Rp1 billion from Kombes Irwan Anwar. The handover of money took place at the house of the inactive KPK chairman who was at Perum Gardenia Villa Galaxy A2 Number 60 Bekasi City.

At that time, Kombes Irwan Anwar came to the house of the inactive KPK chairman in May 2022. That's when there was a handover of Rp1 billion

However, it was not stated in detail whether the money was also related to the handling of legal problems at the Ministry of Agriculture.

"During the meeting, brother Irwan Anwar handed over a hand bag containing Rp1 billion to the applicant (Firli Bahuri)," he said.

Meanwhile, Firli Bahuri was named 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.