Last month, the Chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Filri Bahuri, was named a suspect in the alleged extortion case committed against Syahrul Yasin Limpo (NasDem). Syahrul, who was the Minister of Agriculture at the time of the incident, is a suspect in a case of alleged corruption being investigated by the KPK, while the alleged extortion that ensnared Firli is being investigated by the Indonesian National Police (POLRI). Firli insisted that he is not guilty, that the case was made up as a revenge from the current Chief of the Jakarta Metropolitan Office, Karyoto. The claim was put forward to the public when Firli decided to file for a pre-trial against the POLRI’s decision. This week, the court declared that the pre-trial petition cannot be accepted.To subscribe please click here
