Ahmad Sahroni Makes Sure To Witness At The SYL Session Today

NasDem Politician Ahmad Sahroni (ANTARA)

The General Treasurer of the NasDem Party as well as Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the DPR RI, Ahmad Sahroni, confirmed that he would be present as a witness at the trial of the alleged extortion and recipient of gratuities with the defendant former Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo or SYL.

Ahmad Sahroni is one of five witnesses who will be presented at the trial held at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, today.

"Hadir ko, 10 o'clock (to trial)," said Sahroni when confirmed, Wednesday, June 5.

Meanwhile, the other four witnesses who will be presented by the public prosecutor (JPU) are Indira Chunda Thita who is the daughter of SYL; owner of Suita Travel, Harly Lafian; and owner of Maktour Travel Fuad, Hasan Masyhur.

In addition, the prosecutor also presented GM Media Radio Prambors or PT Bayureksa, Dhirgaraya S Santo who had fulfilled the summons at the June 3 trial.

In this case, SYL was charged with extortion of up to Rp44.5 billion during the 2020-2023 period.

This action was carried out together with the Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture Kasdi Subagyono and the Director of Agricultural Equipment and Machinery of the Directorate General of Infrastructure and Facilities of the Ministry of Agriculture Muhammad Hatta.

This money was used for the benefit of Syahrul's wife and family, invited gifts, the NasDem Party, religious events, aircraft charters to Umrah and sacrifices. In addition, he was also charged with receiving gratuities of Rp40.6 billion from January 2020 to October 2023.