The KPK will involve other parties, including the banking sector and PPATK, to trace the alleged flow of funds in the case.
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will rope in the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) to trace the flow of funds in the graft case involving former marine affairs and fishery minister Edhy Prabowo.

"The KPK will involve other parties, including the banking sector and PPATK, to trace the alleged flow of funds in the case," acting spokesperson of the KPK Ali Fikri noted in a statement here on Wednesday.

Fikri remarked that the commission had confirmed it will collect further evidence on the flow of funds in the graft case.

The KPK investigators arrested Prabowo shortly after he arrived at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport from a trip to Honolulu early on November 25, 2020.

Prabowo was taken into custody along with 16 other people, including his wife, Iis Rosita Dewi, over an alleged bribery case involving the issuance of permits for aquaculture and/or fishing businesses and marine commodities in 2020.

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The KPK named six other suspects in the corruption case on baby lobster exports: Special Staff and deputy head of the due diligence team, Safri (SAF); Special Staff and head of the due diligence team Andreau Pribadi Misata (APM); Siswadi (SWD) from PT Aero Citra Kargo (ACK); Ainul Faqih (AF), a staff member for Edhy Prabowo's wife; director of PT Dua Putra Perkasa (DPP), Suharjito (SJT); and personal secretary of the former minister Amiril Mukminin (AM).

The KPK investigators have accused Prabowo of receiving Rp9.8 billion and US$100 thousand in bribes and charged him and the other suspects for violating Articles 12 and 11 of Law No. 31 of 1999, as amended by the 2001 Corruption Law; juncto Articles 55 and 64 of the Criminal Code.

The money was transferred to a bank account of PT ACK appointed as the only cargo service provider for lobster seed exports, and later, it was transferred to the bank accounts of Ahmad Bahtiar and Amri.

On November 5, Bahtiar transferred Rp3.5 billion to AF’s bank account that would be used by Prabowo, his wife Iis Rosyati Dewi, Safri, and APM.

Prabowo and his wife used some of the money to purchase some luxury goods in the US.

In May 2020, Prabowo had received US$100 thousand from SJT through SAF and AM. (INE)

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