Case Of Alleged Extortion Of SYL Rises To Investigation, Polda Metro Doesn't Want To Wish Firli Bahuri's Status

KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri (Photo: DOK ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The alleged extortion case against former Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo (SYL) by the head of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has gone up to the investigation stage. On Thursday, October 26, investigators also conducted searches at two of Firli Bahuri's houses, both in Bekasi and Kertanegara, South Jakarta. Director of Special Criminal Investigation of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Ade Safri Simanjuntak said that regarding Firli Bahuri's status, his party did not want to make assumptions even though the case had been upgraded. "We must not assume that our colleagues will have a mechanism. At least two valid pieces of evidence, we are waiting together. We guarantee that the investigation we are carrying out is professional, transparent," he explained to reporters in Jakarta, Friday, October 27. Repeatedly asked about the suspect, Ade said it was determined by the case title mechanism. Investigators are still working carefully, in detail and transparently investigating this alleged extortion case. "Our form of transparency, our first accountability is that we ask for supervision of case handling both for the KPK leadership and for the KPK Council, which both assigns, whether it encourages, accelerates, assigns the corpsup deputy to supervise the handling of the a quo in question," he explained. Firli Bahuri has undergone an examination at Bareskrim Polri Tuesday, October 24. The KPK chairman was examined for about 7 hours. The amount and material for the examination of Firli Bahuri is not known. 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. As of Tuesday, October 24, Polda Metro Jaya has examined 54 witnesses in this case, including SYL's personal driver, SYL's personal aide, 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.