Firli Bahuri Talks Morals To KPK Employees Amid SYL's Extortion Issues

KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri at the Certificate of Moral Culture quoted Wednesday, November 1 (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri asked his employees who are now state civil servants (ASN) to be moral. This statement was conveyed in the midst of the extortion issue of former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo which made him in the spotlight for alleged involvement. It is known that morals are an acronym of Accountability, Competent, Harmonious, Loyal, Adaptive, Collaborative. Firli said, all of these values must be applied by employees. "The internalization and implementation of basic values in the KPK environment requires a strong commitment from all levels of KPK personnel," Firli said in his remarks at the Certificate of Moral Culture, quoted on Wednesday, November 1. Firrli said the important moral value was applied as a driving and strengthening the cultural foundation of the work of KPK employees. Especially in efforts to prevent and eradicate corruption in Indonesia. This moral value is actually in line with the KPK's principle, he said. This moral declaration took place in a hybrid manner which was attended by all KPK employees, led by the Secretariat General of the KPK Cahya Hardianto Harefa. The activity was followed by the signing of the plaque as symbolic by Firli Bahuri as Chairman of the KPK. Firli is currently in the spotlight for allegedly being involved in the case of extortion by the KPK leadership against Syahrul. Recently, the allegations are being handled by the Polda Metro Jaya. In this case, Firli Bahuri is one of the parties it has been examined on Tuesday, October 24. Then, there are 54 witnesses who have been examined, such as the personal driver SYL, SYL personal aide, Deputy Chairperson of the KPK for the 2007-2011 period Mochammad Jasin. Then investigators from the police also examined the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK for the 2015-2019 period Saut Situmorang, the 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 the Semarang Police Chief Kombes Irwan Anwar who is also the husband of his nephew SYL. It didn't stop there, Firli Bahuri's residence in Bekasi, West Java and Jalan Kertanegara, Jakarta was searched some time ago. Later, the house in Kertanegara was said to be a silent witness to his meeting with Syahrul. Firrli had denied the alleged meeting. However, Syahrul nodded his head when he was mentioned that he had met Firli in Kertanegara.

At that time SYL was asked by the media crew after undergoing an examination at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, today Monday, October 30. "Yes, ask the Regional Police, ask the police," said Syahrul after nodding his head while riding a detention car. Later, the house in Kertanegara was said not to belong to Firli but was rented by Alex Tirta. Entrepreneurs from nightclubs as well as the Daily Chairperson of the Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) claimed to have rented from a person with the initials E.