Profile Of Judge Edy Wibowo Complete With Wealth, Suspect Of Cash Bribe At SKM Hospital Worth IDR 3.7 Billion

KPK chairman Firli Bahuri during a press conference on the detention of the suspect MA judicial judge Edy WIbowo. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

YOGYAKARTA Profile Edy Wibowo, Supreme Court Judicial Judge (MA), received the spotlight after he was named a suspect in the alleged bribery case for the cassation of the Sandi Karsa Hospital Foundation (SKM) Makassar (SKM).

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that Edy received bribes worth IDR 3.7 billion. In the future, the KPK will detain Edy for 20 days for investigation purposes. The detention will be carried out from December 19 to January 7, 2023 at the KPK Detention Center, the Red and White Building.

Prior to serving as a judge, Edy Wibowo received his first Bachelor's degree in Law at the Faculty of Law, Pelita Harapan University (UPH) of the Law Program. He completed his S-1 level in 2000.

At that time Edy was a first batch student of FH UPH who also received a scholarship. After graduating, he also received an award as an alumni who made FH UPH proud.

Edy Wibowo's career before becoming a Judicial Judge of the Supreme Court was quite long. On the uph.edu page, it is said that Edy succeeded in becoming a candidate for judge for the first time in 2001. Since then his career has continued to creep up.

Not only being a prospective judge, Edy at that time even penetrated the law firm to foreign oil companies. Edy is also trusted as a judge at the Tasikmalaya District Court, West Java.

His work in the world of law is also quite long. He was once part of the mediation monitoring and evaluation team at the Bogor Religious Court class 1A. He was also invited to be a resource person and speaker at various legal-themed seminars. In 2015 Edy was also trusted as Assistant Supreme Court Justice of the Republic of Indonesia.

Edy Wibowo's assets were recorded in the wealth report (LHKPN). Edy reported his assets to the KPK on January 10, 2022.

Based on the e-LHKPN website, Edy's wealth is IDR 2.4 billion. His wealth includes two parcels of land and buildings worth IDR 1 billion. In addition, Edy is recorded as owning a Chevrolet car in 2018 worth IDR 190 million. Meanwhile, Edy's other movable assets are worth IDR 51,200,000.

Edy is also recorded as having cash and cash equivalents worth IDR 1,395,560,189. He is also recorded as having a debt of IDR 200 million. Thus, Edy Wibowo's total assets amounted to IDR 2,446,760,189.

The KPK detained Edy Wibowo because he was suspected of accepting bribes amounting to Rp3.7 billion from his right hand, namely civil servants of the Supreme Court, Muhajir Habibie and Albasari. The money was in the aftermath of a lawsuit against the postponement of Debt Payment Obligation (PKPU) to the Makassar District Court by the Makassar Sandi Karsa Hospital Foundation (SKM).

The lawsuit, whose purpose was not to declare bankrupt, was rejected, so the Foundation filed an appeal to the Supreme Court. But in the process of filing an appeal, the foundation named Wahyudi actually approached the MA Kepanteraan civil servants, Muhajir Habibie and Albasari. This is where the money was given.

"It is suspected that there was a provision of money in stages up to around Rp3.7 billion to EW who served as a Judicial Judge as well as a Supreme Court Substitute Registrar who was received through MH and AB as representatives and confidants," said KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri.

The money was given during the cassation process and was intended to influence the contents of the verdict. After the money was given, the contents of the decision stated that the SKM Hospital was not declared bankrupt.

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