Will Report Firli Bahuri Et Al To The Council, MAKI: KPK Dismisses OTT Basarnas

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JAKARTA - Coordinator of the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) Boyamin Saiman plans to report the leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to the KPK Supervisory Board. They are considered incompetent in dealing with hand arrest operations (OTT) of the National SAR Agency (Basarnas). "I will report to the KPK Council (about, red) the dismissal of the KPK leadership during this Basarnas affair. And I ask that later it be declared a serious violation,” Boyamin told reporters, Monday, July 31. Boyamin said the report would be held next week. However, he has not specified when the report will be. "Because it concerns human rights violations because the determination of suspects in my opinion is invalid," he said. As previously reported, the Basarnas OTT polemic emerged after the TNI Puspom expressed objections when the KPK appointed Henri together with the Kabasarnas Administrative Coordinator (Koorsmin) Lt. Col. Afri Budi Cahyanto as a suspect. This step is considered to have violated military rules. Furthermore, Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Johanis Tanak apologized for the determination. He said investigators and investigators made a mistake. Meanwhile, Henri was named a suspect in the aftermath of a hand arrest operation (OTT) in Cilangkap, Jakarta and Jatisampurna, Bekasi on Tuesday, July 24.

He is suspected of having earned a fee or what is called a'Commandal fund' of up to Rp. 88.3 billion. The money was pocketed by a private party who wanted to work on projects at his institution from 2021-2023 through Koorsmin Kabasarnas Afri Budi Cahyanto.