Indonesia police name anti-graft agency chief as suspect in alleged extortion

23/11/2023 12:16

        Indonesia's police this week named the chief of the country's anti-corruption agency, Firli Bahuri, as a suspect for alleged extortion or receiving kickbacks, another setback in the once-prized government institution.
        
        Authorities have said, Firli, a former police inspector general, is a suspect in alleged extortion of money from Syahrul Yasin Limpo, the ex-agriculture minister who was arrested after being named a suspect in a corruption case last month.
        
        Ade Safri Simanjuntak, a Jakarta police official, told reporters late on Wednesday that there has been "sufficient evidence to name ... the KPK chief as a suspect in a corruption case in the form of extortion."
        
        He said a state official extorted money at the agriculture ministry from 2020-2023.
        
        Ade added, uthorities had confiscated exchange transaction documents from Singapore and U.S. dollars worth 7.4 billion rupiah ($477,730) from raids at two locations.