TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo or Jokowi gave his response regarding the Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo who have not returned from abroad even though according to schedule they have arrived in their homeland. Currently, Syahrul is involved in a case of alleged gratification at the Ministry of Agriculture.
Jokowi asked the public to wait for developments.
“Yes, we’ll wait, it hasn’t yet reached our country from outside,” he said Jokowi met after the opening of Inacraft on Wednesday, October 4 2023, at the Jakarta Convention Center, Senayan.
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) searched Syahrul Yasin Limpo’s official residence in Kebayoran Baru on Thursday evening, 28 September 2023. At a press conference in Jakarta on Friday, 29 September 2023, KPK spokesman Ali Fikri said that his party had confiscated Rp. 30 billion in cash found in several envelopes, which was suspected comes from employees related to promotions and transfers at the Ministry of Agriculture.
When the search took place, Syahrul Yasin Limpo was not at home and was visiting a horticultural screen house farm model in the Almeria region, Spain. The day before that he was in a meeting with the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization.
Director General of Immigration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Silmy Karim, said that Syahrul Yasin Limpo’s last whereabouts in Rome, Italy, were monitored from data on crossings and cooperation between countries. The flow of ministerial departures began on September 24. He left Indonesia from Soekarno Hatta Airport for Rome. Then he is scheduled to return on September 30 and arrive in Indonesia on October 1.
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“We have checked, it has not been monitored in the system that the person concerned is already in Indonesia,” said Silmy when met after a limited meeting at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, on Tuesday, October 3 2023.