Reasons For Illness, SYL's Grandson Cancels Investigation By KPK Regarding Alleged Money Laundering

KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardika (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) turned out to have canceled examining Syahrul Yasin Limpo's grandson, Andri Tenri said Radisyah Melati on Tuesday, July 16 yesterday. He was sick so investigators could not ask for information regarding the money laundering crime (TPPU) that ensnared the former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan). "The weather was not present because of illness," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardika when confirmed, Thursday, July 18. Tessa did not elaborate further on the reason. Likewise related to the possibility of rescheduling. However, anti-corruption investigators are still investigating the assets owned by Syahrul and his family through Indira Chunda Thita who is a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives from the NasDem Party Faction. The investigation was carried out when he was examined as a witness on the same day. Investigated regarding the ownership of SYL assets and his family," said the spokesman with the background of the investigator.

Previously reported, former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo was charged as a suspect in the alleged crime of money laundering (TPPU). This step was taken after the development of cases of extortion and acceptance of gratuities that had been convicted by the Jakarta Corruption Court. In this case, the anti-corruption commission has confiscated a number of assets allegedly purchased by Syahrul with money from corruption. One of them is a white-twisted Mitsubishi Sport Dakar car hidden in an empty land in the Makassar area, South Sulawesi.