Prabowo feels betrayed by Edhy Prabowo: I’ll get him out of the ditch!

Merdeka.com – Ketum Gerindra, Prabowo Subianto furious after learning that his former assistant, Edhy Prabowo, was arrested by the KPK. The KKP minister was arrested by the KPK for being involved in bribery of the export of baby lobsters or fingerlings.

The vice chairman of the Gerindra board of directors, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, who is also Prabowo’s younger brother, recounted his brother’s reaction after the arrest.

“Prabowo is very angry, very disappointed. He feels betrayed,” Hashim said during a regional press conference. Jakarta North, Friday (12/4).

Hashim said that he was used to speaking English with Prabowo. He expressed Prabowo’s frustration at using English at the time.

Prabowo is angry that he has named Edhy for a long time.

“To be honest, he told me in English, my brother and I have been using English for 66 years,” he said.

“He (Prabowo) is very disappointed in the boy he adopted from the gutter 25 years ago. I pick him up from the gutter. And this is what he does to me. (I pulled him out of the gutter and this is what he did to me),” Hashim said, imitating Prabowo.

Hotman Paris defends

On the same occasion, the Hashim family’s lawyer, Hotman Paris Hutapea, denied his client’s involvement in the Edhy case. According to him, Prabowo’s family had nothing to do with this case.

“Just because Edhy is a former subordinate of Prabowo Subianto as if everything he does in the export sector is Prabowo or his family benefiting. That’s a picture,” he said.

As is known, after being arrested by the KPK, Edhy Prabowo has also apologized. He called this case an accident.

“First I apologize to Mr. President, I have betrayed his trust. I apologize to Mr. Prabowo Subianto, my teacher, who has taught many things,” Edhy said at the KPK building on Thursday (11/26).

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