Tanak Johanis Ethics Session Today Will Begin Reading Applications For Postponement

Chairman of the KPK Supervisory Board Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said the ethics trial of the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Johanis Tanak will continue to be held today, Monday, July 24. The letter of application for postponement that has been sent will be read out in the closed trial.

"The trial was opened first, read out a letter requesting a postponement," said Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean, chairman of the KPK Supervisory Board, to reporters at the ACLC KPK Building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Monday, July 24.

"Then, red) the trial was postponed," he continued.

Tumpak ensured that there were no problems and this process was in accordance with the applicable mechanism. Johanis asked for a postponement of the ethics trial because he was on leave and only returned to duty on Wednesday, July 26.

Previously, Johanis would be tried on ethics because he was suspected of communicating with the Director General of Mineral and Coal of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Idris Froyoto Sihite. The conversation between the two then spread on social media.

There are several screenshots uploaded to the account containing discussions about work and the sentence 'behind the screen'.

Not only that, this account also revealed that there was a discussion about the 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.