The Pretext Of Kubu Firli Bahuri Regarding The Unit Of The Darmawangsa Essence Apartment Has Not Been Registered LHKPN

Lawyer Firli Bahuri, Ian Iskandar at Bareskrim Polri, Wednesday 27 December (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - The head of the inactive Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Firli Bahuri, will be investigated regarding assets that are not registered in the State Officials Wealth Report (LHKPN), one of which is the Darmawangsa Essence Apartment unit.

Firli Bahuri's lawyer, Ian Iskandar, argued that the apartment unit had not been registered because its ownership was not yet fully valid.

"It was reported by LHKPN that the assets belonged to him," Ian told reporters, Wednesday, December 27.

The apartment unit does not yet fully belong to Firli Bahuri because there are problems in the buying and selling process. Where, there are things that have not been resolved.

On that basis, Firli Bahuri is claimed to have not been able to register the luxury apartment unit as his at the LHKPN.

"The assets reported are constrained by the requirements of the law. So for example, there are assets that have not been fully owned by him, are still in process, they have not yet reached the deed of sale and purchase. So the binding process is not yet fully owned by him, so it is not reported," said Ian.

Meanwhile, investigators previously searched the Darmawangsa Essence Apartment, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, Tuesday, December 5. The apartment allegedly belonged to Firli Bahuri but was not registered with the LHKPN.

Firli Bahuri was originally questioned at Bareskrim Polri today. The inspection is scheduled to take place at 10.00 WIB.

Director of the Special Criminal Investigation of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak said that during the examination later, investigators would investigate the assets of the inactive KPK chairman and his family.

"The purpose of the examination or additional request for information to be made against the suspect FB is to ask for information about all his assets, as well as the property of his wife, children and family," said Ade.

The deepening of Firli Bahuri's assets is considered important in the series of investigations into the alleged extortion case. Moreover, investigators found new facts about the assets belonging to the inactive KPK chairman who were not registered with the LHKPN.

"Investigators obtained new facts about the existence of other assets or assets that were not reported in the LHKPN and have not been explained by the suspect FB in the investigation report of the previous suspect," he said.

The deepening of the matter of property is also said to be in accordance with Article 28 of Law 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes.

The article contains the interests of the investigation, the suspect is obliged to provide information about all his property and the property of his wife or husband, children and property of each person or corporation known and or suspected of having links to the criminal act of corruption committed by the suspect.

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

Several pieces of evidence that became the basis for determining the suspect, namely, foreign exchange documents worth Rp7.4 billion. Then, there were also the results of the extraction of 21 cellphones.

However, Firli Bahuri has not yet been detained. Although, he is already a suspect.

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.