Not Tuesday, KPK Council Examines Firli Regarding SYL Meeting Today

Member of the Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Albertina Ho (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board (Dewas) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will continue to examine KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri today, Monday, November 13. This examination relates to the alleged meeting with former Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo which led to extortion. This was conveyed in response to the statement by the Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri that Firli would fulfill the summons of the KPK Council on Tuesday, November 14. We initially invited the 14th (November, ed) then asked to be submitted today because the Supervisory Board would prepare for a working meeting," said KPK Supervisory Board member Albertina Ho to reporters at the ACLC KPK Building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Monday, November 13.Albertina confirmed that the notification of the advance of the examination had been submitted through an email sent since last Friday, November 10. So, Firli should not have had any more reason not to attend. Already, it has been emailed from last Friday,'' he stressed. Meanwhile, Ali Fikri still said Firli's examination was carried out on Tuesday, November 14. He was silent when asked about the email of the examination that had already been sent by the KPK Supervisory Board. The official invitation of the KPK Council was Tuesday,'' said Ali when confirmed regarding Firli's examination. Previously reported, Firli would actually be examined at the end of October. He then asked for his examination to be postponed until November 8. The KPK Supervisory Board did not specify the reason for the request for the postponement, namely Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Nurul Ghufron, Johanis Tanak, and Alexander Marwata. All three were asked to explain the alleged extortion related to the handling of corruption cases in the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture.

"In general, related to allegations of extortion and clarification related to photos, that's all the questions are. Regarding extortion, I don't know what happened," said Alex at the ACLC Building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Monday, October 30. As for the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK, Nawawi Pomolango, he could not provide information because he was sick. The report on alleged ethical violations of Firli and Syahrul's meeting was conveyed by the Law Concerned Student Committee on Friday, October 6.