Not Attending The Summons Of The Corruption Eradication Commission, Antam Novambar KKP Secretary General Busy Out Of Town

KPK Building (VOI)

JAKARTA - Secretary-General of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Antam Novambar did not attend the summons to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Antam was summoned as a witness to investigate the alleged bribery for the lobster seed export license.

"The person concerned with a written confirmation cannot be present because he is carrying an out-of-town official activity that has been scheduled beforehand", said KPK spokesman for Enforcement Affairs Ali Fikri in a written statement, Wednesday, March 17.

The KPK will schedule a recall for Antam. This is because the KPK needs his statement to investigate the findings in the case that ensnared the former Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Edhy Prabowo.

Ali's statement that stated that Antam was serving outside the city was also agreed by the Inspector General of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Muhammad Yusuf. After being questioned, he said that Antam was busy with his work so he was not present at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.

"He (Antam, red) wants to represent the minister, he has a task", he said.

It was reported earlier, Monday, March 15, that the KPK confiscated IDR 52.3 billion in cash that was suspected of being a Bank Guarantee.

The KPK suspected that at that time Edhy Prabowo as the former Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries ordered the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Antam Novambar to make a written order.

The KPK said this letter was related to the withdrawal of bank guarantees from exporters to the Head of the Fish Quarantine, Quality Control and Safety of Fishery Products (BKIPM). Furthermore, the Head of BKIPM ordered the Head of the Soekarno Hatta Jakarta Large Quarantine Office to accept the Bank Guarantee.

It's just that, later it was discovered, the rules for submitting bank guarantees as a form of commitment to the implementation of lobster seed export had never existed.

Seeing Antam's involvement in the process, the KPK opened up the opportunity to call and investigate in the case of bribery for the export license of lobster fries or seeds. Moreover, he received direct orders from Edhy Prabowo.