Investigating The Flow Of Benur Bribes, The KPK Examined Singer Betty Elista

KPK (Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) examined singer Betty Elista. He was summoned regarding the bribery case of fries or lobster seeds that caught the former Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo.

Acting KPK spokesperson for prosecution Ali Fikri argued that the money for Betty was allegedly given from Edhy Prabowo through his staff, Amiril Mukminin.

"Betty Elista, the singer has been investigated regarding the alleged flow of money from the suspect EP (Edhy Prabowo) through the suspect AM (Amiril Mukminin)," Ali explained to reporters in his written statement, Wednesday, March 17.

In this bribery case, 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.

From this money, Edhy then received Rp3.4 billion which was earmarked for his and his wife's needs, Iis Rosyita Dewi, and two of his staff, Safri and Andreau Misanta Pribadi.

In addition, around May 2020, Edhy was also suspected of receiving 100 thousand US dollars from Suharjito through Safri and Amiril.

Furthermore, this money is used for shopping for luxury goods by Edhy and his wife in Honolulu, USA on November 21 to 23, 2020, amounting to around IDR 750 million, including Rolex watches, Tumi and LV bags, road bikes, and Old Navy clothes.