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Firli faces second round of questioning as police gather more evidence
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Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Firli Bahuri shows evidence during a press briefing at the KPK headquarters in Jakarta on Nov. 11, 2020. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
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orruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Firli Bahuri is facing a second round of police questioning as investigators say they have gathered more evidence related to the alleged extortion of former agriculture minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo.
The Jakarta Police will interrogate Firli on Tuesday morning and are planning to review whether they have enough evidence to name him a suspect in the case, according to Jakarta Police director for special crimes Sr. Comr. Ade Safri Simanjuntak.
“There will be a meeting [of the investigators] to name a suspect. We have already scheduled it,” Ade said as quoted by Antara on Friday.
Ade did not reveal the exact date of the meeting or whether Firli would be its subject, but he noted that it would take place sometime after Firli’s interrogation.
It will be Firli’s second interrogation after being questioned as a witness in late October. He missed a previous summons earlier in the same month.
The police have gathered additional evidence from Firli’s house in Bekasi, West Java, and have seized letters and documents from the KPK headquarters.
Investigators have also questioned at least 70 witnesses in relation to the case so far, including Agriculture Ministry officials, former and current KPK employees, an aide to Firli and Semarang Police chief Sr. Comr. Irwan Anwar, who is suspected of acting as a middleman in the alleged extortion.
