Judge Rejects Pretrial Lawsuit Firli Bahuri, Polda Metro: Evidence Of Determination Of Suspects According To Rules

Director of Special Criminal Investigation of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak/PHOTO: Rizky Adytia-VOI

The South Jakarta District Court Judge rejected the pretrial lawsuit of the inactive Chairman of the Eradication Commission (KPK), Firli Bahuri, regarding his determination as a suspect in the alleged extortion case against the former Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo or SYL.

Polda Metro Jaya stated that the decision proves that the investigation process has been carried out according to the rules.

"With this decision, it proves that the investigation carried out by the joint investigation team of the Ditreskrimsus Polda Metro Jaya and Dittipidkor Bareskrim Polri has been carried out in a professional, transparent manner in accordance with applicable legal procedures," said Director of Special Criminal Investigation of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak to reporters, Tuesday, December 19.

In addition, with a pretrial decision, investigators will also continue to be committed to upholding the law with the principles of professionalism, transparency, accountability, and justice.

The Regional Police are targeting to resolve the handling of the alleged extortion case as quickly as possible. Currently, it is known that investigators have transferred their case files to the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati).

"We will resolve this case as soon as possible by continuing to coordinate with the public prosecutor, who currently has transferred the case files to the first stage for the research purposes of case files," he said.

Meanwhile, the pretrial judge decided to reject the pretrial lawsuit regarding the illegal process of determining the suspect filed by Firli Bahuri.

"Declare that the applicant's pretrial application cannot be accepted," said Judge Imelda Herawati.

With this decision, the determination of the suspect against Firli Bahuri in the alleged extortion of SYL was deemed legal administratively.

Firli Bahuri was named a suspect based on the results of the case title conducted on Wednesday, November 22.

In this case, Firli Bahuri was charged with 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.