Immigration Withdraws Firli Bahuri Passport, Polda Metro: Investigator Application

Direskrimsus Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak/DOK PHOTO: Rizky Adytia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Directorate General (Ditjen) of Immigration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights withdrew the passport belonging to former Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri. Polda Metro Jaya welcomed the move and took this step as a follow-up to the investigator's request.

"That's right, referring to the investigators' petition in handling the a quo case for prevention abroad against the FB suspect," said Director of Special Criminal Investigation at the Metro Jaya Police, Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak, to reporters, Wednesday, July 17.

Investigators from the Special Criminal Investigation Directorate of Polda Metro Jaya are known to have submitted a request for the extension of Firli Bahuri's penalty to Immigration.

The request was to prevent the former chairman of the KPK from escaping abroad when investigators were trying to complete the case file for alleged extortion and receiving gratuities.

However, regarding the possibility that investigators will detain Firli Bahuri or not during the process of completing the case file, Ade did not respond straightforwardly to this matter. Only conveyed if the investigation is carried out professionally

"We will update it later. The point is that the investigation in the a quo case is carried out in a professional, transparent and accountable manner," said Ade.

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.