Police Will Check Again Firli Bahuri Along With Investigation Of Other Criminal Allegations

Former KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri (DOK ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Former Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission or the KPK, Firli Bahuri, is said to be being questioned again at the Polda Metro Jaya. The examination is often carried out by investigators of alleged criminal acts other than receiving gratuities and extortion against former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo or SYL. "It's clear, it's clear ( Firli's examination). So that means that in this investigation we want to find and find out whether there are allegations of corruption that occurred or any criminal incidents that occurred," said Director of Special Criminal Investigation of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak to reporters, Wednesday, July 3. However, it is not certain about the time of examination or summons for Firli Bahuri. So far, Ade has only conveyed that the taking of Firli Bahuri's statement needs to be done in order to make clear the alleged crime Later, after a series of examination processes are carried out, investigators will conduct a case title to determine whether or not the alleged criminal act has gone up to the investigation stage. "For that later after that, then we will conduct a case title to provide legal certainty. If there is an alleged criminal act that occurs, the status will be upgraded to an investigation," said Ade. Allegedly, other alleged criminal acts that are being investigated are money laundering or money laundering and alleged violations of the KPK leadership meeting with litigants as stated in Article 36 of the KPK Law. Meanwhile, in the case of alleged receipt of gratuities and extortion, Firli Bahuri was named a suspect based on the results of the case title conducted on Wednesday, November 22, 2023. Several pieces of evidence that became the basis for determining the suspect, namely, foreign exchange documents worth Rp7.4 billion. There are also the results of the extraction of 21 cellphones. However, Firli Bahuri has not yet been detained. Although, he is already a suspect.

In this case, Firli Bahuri was charged with Article 12 e or Article 12 B or Article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 65 of the Criminal Code.