Edhy Prabowo Denies Having A Villa Confiscated By The KPK, Has Been Offered But The Price Is Expensive

Edhy Prabowo (DOK. KPK)

JAKARTA - The former Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Edhy Prabowo, has denied that the villa was confiscated by his Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). The suspect who received the bribe in the shrimp fry export case admitted that he had been offered the villa but was not responded to.

"I was offered for that, but I didn't follow up, it was expensive too," said Edhy after being questioned at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Monday, February 22.

Even so, he welcomed the investigators to trace the villa if it was deemed related to the case that was trapping him.

"Yes, go ahead, all ownership is in whose name and so on, I also don't know," he said.

Previously, KPK investigators confiscated a villa in Cijengkol Village, Cibadak District, Sukabumi District, West Java, on Thursday, February 18. The villa is believed to belong to Edhy Prabowo, whose purchase used bribes from exporters of fries or lobster seeds.

"It is suspected that the villa belongs to the EP suspect and was bought with money collected from exporters who obtained permission to ship lobster seeds to the KKP," said Ali Fikri at the time.

At that time, investigators also put up a confiscation sign on the villa, which covers a land area of about two hectares.

As previously reported, in the case of the export bribery of lobster fry or lobster seeds, Edhy Prabowo was named a suspect in receiving bribes along with five other people, namely: Stafsus Minister of KKP Safri (SAF) and Andreau Pribadi Misanta (APM); Management of PT Aero Citra Kargo (PT ACK) Siswadi (SWD); The staff of the wife of the Minister of KKP, Ainul Faqih, and Amiril Mukminin (AM).

Meanwhile, the giver of the bribe was the Director of PT Dua Putra Perkasa Pratama (PT DPPP) Suharjito (SJT).

Edhy was named a suspect because he was suspected of accepting bribes from companies that had been issued a lobster seed export license using a forwarder company and were kept in one account up to Rp9.8 billion.

This money is allegedly used by Edhy and his wife to shop for luxury goods, including during a trip to Honolulu, Hawaii, United States before being caught in a hand arrest (OTT) operation.