In the case of Edhy Prabowo, the KPK opens opportunities to explore Ngabalin’s involvement

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) opens the opportunity to explore the participation of the main expert of the Office of the General Staff of President Ali Mochtar Ngabalin in the alleged bribery case related to the export permit of lobster seeds he caught to the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Edhy Prabowo.

Deputy for Corruption Eradication Commission compliance Karyoto said the KPK could investigate Ngabalin’s involvement if there were indications of a flow of funds into Ngabalin’s pocket in the bribery case.

“For example later tracking There are certain portions of the cash flow coming in and you can say it’s routine, yes, we should ask questions, “Karyoto said while answering questions at a press conference on Tuesday (12/1/2020).

“But so far we are gathering evidence if there is one there or not,” Karyoto said.

Ngabalin’s name was linked in this case because he, as a supervisor in the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, was in a group with Edhy who was on a working visit to the United States.

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Edhy was arrested by the KPK on Wednesday (11/25/2020) when he arrived at Soekarno-Hatta Airport from the United States. Ngabalin, who belongs to the same group as Edhy, was not brought in by the KPK for questioning.

Karyoto said, although Ngabalin, who was in the same group at the time with Edhy, did not automatically involve him in this case.

“Maybe he was also there as a staff or advisor to give a comparative study to America, so maybe there is a connection, in terms of work, for a kind of badning study,” Karyoto said.

The KPK is known to have named Edhy Prabowo as a suspect in a corruption case related to the lobster seed export license after arresting Edhy in a manual operation, on Wednesday (11/25/2020).

In addition to Edhy, the KPK named six other suspects in this case, namely the special staff of the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Safri and Andreau Pribadi Misata, the leadership of PT Aero Citra Kargo Siswadi, the staff of the Minister’s wife of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ainul Faqih, Director of PT Dua Putra Perkasa Suharjito, and a party. private named Amiril Mukminin.

In this case, Edhy allegedly received bribes related to the lobster seed export permit amounting to Rs 3.4 billion and US $ 100,000 through PT Aero Citra Kargo (PT ACK).

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PT Aero Citra Kargo is suspected of receiving money from various lobster seed exporters because exports can only be made through this company with a transportation cost of Rp 1,800 per head.

KPK Vice President Nawawi Pomolango said that according to the data, PT ACK was owned by Amri and Ahmad Bahtiar. However, it is suspected that Amri and Bahtiar were nominated by Edhy Prabowo and Yudi Surya Atmaja.

“The money that entered the PT ACK account, which was thought to have come from various lobster seed exporters, was withdrawn and entered the AMR (Amri) and ABT (Ahmad Bahtiar) accounts with a total of Rp 9.8 billion, “Nawawi said. , Wednesday (11/25/2020).