Using Ministry Of Agriculture's Money, SYL Pays Credit Card Bills Of IDR 215 Million

Former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo. (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Public Prosecutor (JPU) revealed the action of Syahrul Yasin Limpo or SYL who paid credit card bills using Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) money worth Rp215 million.

Starting from the prosecutor questioning the former Head of the Ministry of Agriculture's Household Subdivision, Isnar Widodo, whether or not there was a request for credit card bill payment.

"Ada Selain itu, saksi juga mengetahui permintaan selain yang sudah, pembayaran kartu kredit untuk pak minister juga ada. Mengetahui juga saksi ada permintaan itu?" tanya jaksa dalam persidangan di Pengadilan Tipikor pada Pengadilan Negeri Jakarta Pusat, Rabu, 24 April.

"Knowing," said Isnar.

In addition to agreeing with this, Isnar also submitted a request for payment of the bill through Panji Harjanto, who is an aide to SYL.

However, Isnar did not remember the nominal details of the credit card bill. Thus, the prosecutor read out the examination report (BAP) Isnar.

"At that time, Panji. Panji asked to finance the minister's credit card," said Isnar.

"I read it to save time, witness testimony in BAP number 43. Please read out permission, 'That the threat of my removal from my position as Head of the Household Subdivision (rumga) of the General Bureau and the procurement of the Ministry of Agriculture 2020-2021 has finally happened," said the prosecutor reading the BAP.

"In my opinion, as an accumulation of my refusal to follow orders to comply with requests for non-Budgeter SYL contributions and family. As far as I remember, there was a request for credit card payment, approximately 215 million which resulted in me and my friends, Abdul Hafidz, Gempur, and Musyafak, at the beginning of 2022 we were removed from our previous position, from structural to functional positions. Is this true?" continued the prosecutor.

"That's right," said Isnar.

However, Isnar did not have time to pay the bill because he had been removed from his position. However, the bill was still paid by the new official who replaced it.

"No. We just conveyed it, Mr. Musyafak at that time, that Panji still collects the 200 credit card which ended up finishing when it finally hit," said Isnar.