Firli Bahuri's Pretrial Session Against The Metro Police Chief Continues Today, Entering The Conclusion Stage

Former KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri (doc KPK)

JAKARTA - The follow-up trial of the pretrial lawsuit of the inactive Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Firli Bahuri, against the Metro Jaya Police Chief, Inspector General Karyoto, regarding the determination of the suspect in the alleged extortion case against the former Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo or SYL was again held at the South Jakarta District Court, today. The agenda is to read the conclusions.

"(The trial) is for conclusion," said South Jakarta District Court Public Relations Officer, Djuyamto to VOI, Monday, December 18.

The plan is that the trial will be held around 11.00 WIB. Later, the applicant and the respondent will read out their respective resumes related to the trial process.

"The conclusion is from the parties, a kind of resummation of the results of the trial," said Djuyamto.

It is known, in the pretrial lawsuit, Firli Bahuri 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, this is 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 number 2 of the Criminal Procedure Code in conjunction with Article 1 number 5 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Meanwhile, the Legal Affairs Advocacy Team (Bidkum) of the Metro Jaya Police has submitted 157 attachments of evidence in handling cases of alleged extortion or gratification that have made Firli Bahuri a suspect.

The handover was to convince the panel of judges that the determination of the suspect had been carried out in accordance with the law.

"Now is the time for us to prove it with evidence, so we don't file it. We have 157 pieces of evidence, 157 pieces of evidence that we show to the pretrial judge," said the Head of Legal Affairs of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Putera Sadana.

Ditegaskan bukti-bukti juga untuk menampik tudingan pihak Firli Bahuri yang menyebut penetapan tersangka tidak didasari alat bukti yang cukup.

"We complete everything and the evidence that the applicant submits that we do not have two pieces of evidence in accordance with Perma number 4 of 2016 article 2 paragraph 2 at least two pieces of evidence, we have 4 pieces of evidence," said Putu.