Determination Of Suspect Firli Bahuri Sah, Polda Metro Asks Judges To Reject Pretrial Application

The Legal Team (Bidkum) of Polda Metro Jaya in the pretrial hearing of Firli Bahuri at the South Jakarta District Court/PHOTO: Rizky Adytia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Legal Team (Bidkum) of the Polda Metro Jaya asked the panel of judges to reject all pretrial requests from Firli Bahuri. The reason is that the process of determining the suspect against the inactive Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is considered legal and in accordance with the legislation.

"Stating to accept the exception of the respondent, and stating that the petitioner's pretrial application was declared unacceptable," said Head of the Legal Division of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Putu Putera Sadana during a trial at the South Jakarta District Court, Wednesday, December 13.

Not only that, in the main case, Firli was named a suspect in the alleged bribery case against former Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo based on sufficient evidence.

Investigators have collected 91 witness statements, letter or document evidence, as well as expert opinions.

Meanwhile, the Bidkum Polda Metro Jaya team requested four things related to the pretrial lawsuit filed by Firli Bahuri, including:

1. Declare to reject the applicant's pre-trial application in its entirety. Declare that the determination of the suspect is valid to the applicant based on a decree of S.6/25/XI/S3./Ditreskrrimsus/22 November 2023 on behalf of the suspect Drs. Firli Bahuri MSI3. Declare to reject the applicant's application for a total of 4. Punish the applicant to pay the court fees incurred in the a quo case.

Previously, Firli Bahuri through his team of legal advisors asked the panel of judges, Imelda Herawati, to order the Metro Jaya Police Chief, Inspector General Karyoto, to issue a Letter of Order to Terminate Investigation (SP3) in the alleged corruption case that named him a suspect.

The reason behind the request was because it was considered that the investigation warrant issued by Karyoto was invalid. This is because the letter was issued on the same day as the issuance of a police report (LP) on October 9.

Moreover, Firli's lawyer considered this, not in accordance with the provisions of the investigation and investigation process which has been explicitly and clearly regulated in Law Number 8 of 1981 concerning the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP), especially in Article 1 point 2 of the Criminal Procedure Code in conjunction with Article 1 point 5 of the Criminal Procedure Code.