Edhy Prabowo Allegedly Built A House Using Benur Bribes

Former Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo (photo: PR KPK)

JAKARTA - Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators suspect that former Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo bought materials to build houses using bribes from a businessman who exporters of fries or lobster seeds. This occurred after investigators conducted an examination of Noer Syamsi Zakaria on Wednesday, February 24 yesterday.

"Noer Syamsi Zakaria has had his knowledge explored regarding the alleged purchase of material for the construction of the EP suspect's house, which allegedly came from a collection of money from exporters who obtained the export license for fry at the KKP in 2020," said Acting KPK spokesman for the field of prosecution Ali Fikri in a written statement on Thursday, February 25th.

In addition, the KPK also examined three other witnesses, namely a notary named Selasih, a student on behalf of Esti Marina, and Director of Fleet Monitoring and Operations at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Pung Nugroho Saksono.

During the interrogation, KPK investigators question Selasih regarding the alleged land purchase by Andreau Pribadi Misata, who is a special staff of Edhy Prabowo through his wife. The money is thought to have come from a collection of money from exporters who have obtained the export license for fry.

Meanwhile, Esti Marina is being questioned because she is suspected of receiving money from Andreau. Meanwhile, Pung Nugroho was investigated in connection with the alleged purchase of a luxury watch by Edhy's wife, Iis Rosita Dewi in the United States before hand surgery (OTT) took place last December.

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 visit to Honolulu, Hawaii, United States before being caught in a hand arrest (OTT) operation.

In this case, Edhy and five other people were charged with Article 12 paragraph (1) letter a or b or Article 11 of Law (UU) Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption (Tipikor) ) in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the KUHP in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

Meanwhile, as a bribe giver, Suharjito was charged with Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or b or Article 13 of the Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.