2 KKP Officials Called By The KPK Regarding Edhy Prabowo's Bribery

Illustrated (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has summoned a number of witnesses to investigate the bribery case for the export of fries or lobster seeds. Five witnesses were summoned and two of them were officials at the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP).

The two officials are the Head of the Center for Fish Quarantine, Quality Control and Safety of Fisheries Products Jakarta I (Soekarno-Hatta) Habrin Yake, and the Head of the Fish Quarantine Agency for Quality Control and Safety of Fishery Products, Rina, KKP. They will be examined to complete the case files of the former Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries who became the suspected recipient of bribes, Edhy Prabowo.

"The two of them were examined as witnesses for the EP suspect (Edhy Prabowo)," said Acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri in his written statement, Monday, March 22.

Apart from examining these two officials, the KPK also summoned three other witnesses, namely two private parties, namely Melinda and Setiawan Sudrajat, and a lawyer, Robinson Paul Tarru. The three of them will also be examined as witnesses for Edhy Prabowo.

It is not yet known what material the investigators will ask about. However, these five witnesses are suspected of knowing about the bribery case that ensnared Edhy and a number of his men.

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.