Fully Armed Police Escort The Search Of Firli Bahuri's House In Kertanegara

The fully armed police were on guard at the house of KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri during a search, Thursday, October 26, 2023 (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - Fully armed police are on standby to secure the search of the house of Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri on Jalan Kertanegara number 46, South Jakarta. According to VOI monitoring, there were ten fully armed police officers on standby. They stood in front of the gate of Firli Bahuri's house. The police with the long-barreled weapon are the Samampta Polda Metro Jaya unit. Previously, dozens of members from the Corruption Sub-Directorate of the Special Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Polda Metro Jaya began to search Firli Bahuri's house. They entered at around 11.57 WIB. Of the dozens of officers, two of them were carrying metallic silver suitcases and black printers. The two objects were brought into the house with gray ash. However, the investigators are currently not aware of the purpose of carrying the suitcase and printer. Polda Metro Jaya has also examined a number of witnesses related to the case. As of Tuesday, October 24, Polda Metro Jaya has examined 54 witnesses in this case, including former Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo, personal driver SYL, personal aide to SYL, Deputy Chairperson of the KPK for the 2007-2011 period Mochammad Jasin. Then, Deputy Chairperson of the KPK for the 2015-2019 period Saut Situmorang, Director of Public Complaints and Complaints (Dumas) of the KPK Tomi Murtomo, Aide de Camp (ADC) or aide to the Chairman of the KPK Kevin Egananta, and Semarang Police Chief Kombes Irwan Anwar who is also SYL's nephew's husband. Firli himself has undergone an examination at the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police Tuesday, October 24. The chairman of the KPK was examined for about 7 hours. Dirreskrimsus Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak did not specify the amount and material of the questions in the examination of Firli Bahuri. It was only conveyed that Firli Bahuri was still a witness. "There are several questions that we ask him regarding the criminal acts that we are currently investigating," said Ade. In fact, it is possible that Firli will be questioned again. "What if more additional information is needed, we will schedule a summons to the FB witness to be questioned again in his capacity as a witness," he said. The opening is likely that Firli will be questioned again because a joint investigative team from the Directorate of Corruption Crimes at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency and the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation of the Metro Jaya Police will hold consolidation.

The goal is to determine the next steps in handling the alleged extortion case, including the lack of information that is difficult to provide Firli Bahuri. "It will be a consolidation material in joint investigators tonight to determine whether the testimony of FB witnesses is sufficient or other additional information is needed," said Firli.