KPK Arrest of KKP Minister Edhy Prabowo

Jakarta –

KPK arrested the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KPK) Edhy Prabowo. KPK Vice President Nurul Ghufron confirmed this.

“Yes, he was arrested,” Ghufron said. detikcom, Wednesday (11/25/2020).

Ghufron did not say in detail about this arrest. The KPK will officially release more information about these arrests.

“For more developments, we will wait for the exhibition,” he said.

Edhy was arrested at Soekarno-Hatta Airport after returning from San Francisco, USA Several people were also arrested with him, including his wife, who is a member of DPR Commission V.

Ghufron confirmed that Edhy’s arrest was related to the export of potato chips or lobster seeds. Currently, the arrested group continues to be investigated at the KPK.

KPK Principal Investigator Novel Baswedan was involved in this arrest operation. When the arrested group was brought to the KPK building around 01.00 WIB, Novel was seen still in the KPK building.

Elite Gerindra who was contacted had not yet responded to journalists’ questions. The leadership of Commission V DPR has also not received official news about the information about the arrest of Edhy’s wife.

(eva / tor)