The Fate Of Deputy Chairperson Of The KPK Johanis Tanak Regarding Alleged Ethical Violations Will Be Cut Off By The Council On September 14

JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will determine the fate of KPK Deputy Chair Johanis Tanak in September.

The determination of this fate was carried out after they held a trial for alleged ethical violations that he had committed when contacting the Director General of Mineral and Coal of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Idris Froyoto Sihite.

"The trial for reading the verdict on September 14, 2023," said KPK Supervisory Board member Syamsuddin Haris to reporters, Wednesday, August 30.

"The trial will be held openly," said Syamsuddin. The process was different when the KPK Supervisory Board's Ethics Council asked for information from a number of parties, including other KPK leaders.

Johanis Tanak as the party suspected of violating will also be presented later. He will hear the verdict read out directly.

"Yes (Johanis Tanak will be presented, ed)," said Syamsuddin.

Johanis had to be tried ethically because the conversation with Idris was spread on social media. There are several screenshots uploaded to the account containing discussions about work and there are sentences 'behind the screen'.

It didn't stop there, there was a conversation that turned out to be discussing a Mining Business License (IUP). Responding to this, Johanis Tanak said the conversation took place before he was appointed as a leader.

He admitted that he was already friends with Idris when he was still together at the Prosecutor's Office. Johanis also admitted that he did not know that his interlocutor had become the Acting Director General of Mineral and Coal because previously he served as Head of Legal Bureau at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

"I contacted him because I was just before retirement, how many months left for me to retire. If I continue to retire, what should I do, so how can there be new activities," said Tanak when contacted by VOI, Wednesday, April 12 evening.