BPK Main Auditor Absent From KPK Examination Regarding SYL TPPU

KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that Syamsuddin, who is the Auditor of State Finance IV of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPR) of the Republic of Indonesia, did not fulfill the summons of investigators on Monday, August 4. He should have been examined as a witness to the crime of money laundering (TPPU) of the former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo (SYL).

"The information we have obtained is not present," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters quoted on Tuesday, August 5.

Budi did not specify the reason for Syamsuddin's absence. However, he plans to be called again because his statement is needed.

"Yes, of course (his summons, ed) related to this case, yes, the money laundering offense (Syahrul Yasin Limpo, ed)," he said.

BPK RI has been summoned several times by the anti-corruption commission in this case. For example, Sandra Willia Gusman, who is the Head of the AKN IV Secretariat, Main Auditor of State Finance IV BPK, was questioned on April 22, 2025.

This examination was carried out after the involvement of the BPK in the SYL case appeared in a trial for alleged extortion of officials at the Ministry of Agriculture. The institution is said to have asked the Ministry of Agriculture for Rp12 billion to conduct an audit of financial reports in order to obtain an Unqualified Opinion (WTP).

The request was revealed by Kasdi Subagyono as the former Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture who sits as a defendant. When presented as a witness to the crown at the Jakarta Corruption Court, he mentioned that SYL and a number of Ministry of Agriculture echelon officials had come to the BPK office.

There discussed efforts to provide financial audit reports. In addition, Kasdi said SYL held a one-on-one meeting with Member IV BPK RI Haerul Saleh.

Then Kasdi also mentioned that the Director General of Agricultural Infrastructure and Facilities (Dirjen PSP) of the Ministry of Agriculture had held several meetings with a BPK auditor named Victor. From there, a request for money amounted to Rp12 billion.

As previously reported, the former Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo is currently a suspect in alleged money laundering. This step was taken after the development of cases of extortion and acceptance of gratuities that had been convicted by the Jakarta Corruption Court.

A number of assets allegedly purchased by Syahrul from corruption have been confiscated by the KPK. Among them are a white Mitsubishi Sport Dakar hidden in an empty land in the Makassar area, South Sulawesi.

Recently, SYL has been sent to the Sukamiskin Penitentiary (Lapas), Bandung, West Java. He will serve a 12-year prison sentence for guilt in cases of extortion and acceptance of gratuities at the Ministry of Agriculture.

SYL was also sentenced to pay a fine of IDR 500 million, subsidiary to four months in prison plus compensation of IDR 44,269,777,204 and 30 thousand US dollars, subsidiary to five years in prison.