Schedule Again Next Week, KPK Council: Attending Or Not Attending Firli's Ethics Trial Continues

Member of the KPK Supervisory Board Albertina Ho at the KPK Jakarta Building (Tsa Tsia)

JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will hear allegations of ethical violations of the inactive KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri next week. The decision was taken after a request for a delay was sent via a short message. It is known that Firli is filing a pretrial at the South Jakarta District Court (PN). He sued the determination of the suspect for extortion or acceptance of gratuities from former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo by Polda Metro Jaya. The panel decided that today's ethics trial we postponed until Wednesday, December 2023 at 09.00 WIB will be tried again," said KPK Supervisory Board member Albertina Ho to reporters at the ACLC KPK Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, December 13.Albertina confirmed this was the last delay. If Mr. Firli Bahuri is not present at the trial on December 20, 2023, then the trial will still be continued, "he said.'' That was a decision from the assembly deliberation like that," continued Albertina. In the ethics trial there will be 27 witnesses who will be questioned in a marathon for three days. They consist of internal and external parties of the anti-corruption commission. The plan will examine witnesses starting on December 20, 21, and 22,'' he said. Previously, the KPK Council agreed to hear Firli related to three alleged ethical violations he committed. The first is related to a meeting with former Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo.

The two ethical violations committed by Firli also relate to LHKPN which is not true, including debt. Finally, an ethics trial will also be conducted related to the rental of a house on Jalan Kertanegara Number 46. Firli is suspected of violating Article 4 Paragraph 2 letter a or Article 4 paragraph 1 letter j and Article 8 of the KPK Council Regulation (Perdewas) Number 3 of 2021.