Firli Bahuri's Legal Resistance Failed, Judge Did Not Accept Pretrial Lawsuit

The atmosphere of Firli Bahuri's pretrial hearing at the South Jakarta District Court (Photo: Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - The legal resistance carried out by the inactive Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Firli Bahuri, in the alleged extortion case against the former Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo or SYL failed. This is because the panel of judges decided to reject the pretrial lawsuit regarding the illegal process of determining the suspect. "Declare that the applicant's pretrial application cannot be accepted," said Tunggal Judge Imelda Herawati during the trial, Tuesday, December 19. With this decision, the determination of the suspect against Firli Bahuri in the alleged extortion of SYL was deemed legal administratively. Firli Bahuri was officially named a suspect based on the results of the case title conducted on Wednesday, November 22, afternoon. In this case, Firli Bahuri is suspected of being under Article 12 e or Article 12 B or Article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 65 of the Criminal Code. Just a reminder, in a 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 Termination of Investigation Order (SP3) for 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.