Police Give Online Access To KPK To Track Interpol Fugitives

Head of the National Police's Hubinter Division, Inspector General of Police Krishna Murti (center) when giving a press statement at the National Police Headquarters, Jakarta, Monday (7/8/2023). (ANTARA-Laily Rahmawaty)

JAKARTA - The National Police as Interpol Indonesia provides access to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to monitor the movement of fugitives in corruption through the surveillance system at the border or the Interpol system I-24/7.

Head of the International Relations Division (Kadiv Hubinter) of the National Police Inspector General Pol. Krishna Murti said that granting this access was one of the topics discussed during her visit to the KPK on Monday, August 7 morning.

"The system (I-24/7) is the one who online monitors the rush of Interpol, it can be seen directly by the KPK," said Krishna, at the National Police Headquarters, South Jakarta, Monday, August 7.

The two-star general explained that the National Police took on the role of Interpol in collaborating with a number of law enforcers in handling transnational problems, such as Customs and Excise, BPOM, Immigration, the Attorney General's Office, including the KPK.

Cooperation with the KPK, he said, has been going on for a long time and has now been strengthened again through optimization and synchronization. One of them is in terms of technical pursuit, hunting for transnational criminals who are abroad.

"Corruption is part of a transnational crime, so that's what we talked about earlier," Krishna said.

The National Police, continued Krishna, not only helped but also supported what was needed by the KPK in hunting down the fugitives. One of them is the I-24/7 system.

"The interpolation system that we will establish at the KPK," he said.

The former Dirkrimum Polda Metro Jaya said, through this I-24/7 system, the KPK can monitor the whereabouts of fugitives with a system installed by the Police through a cooperation agreement (PKS) that can be accessed online.

"God willing, later the KPK will be seen in the system," he said.

To note at this time there are still three people who are still KPK DPO (wanted list). There are allegations that the corruption suspects are hiding abroad.

The first is the suspect in the alleged gift or promise related to procurement at PT PAL Kirana Kotama (KK) alias Thay Ming who has been designated as the KPK DPO since June 15, 2017.

Furthermore, Harun Masiku in the case of alleged gift giving or promises to state officials related to the appointment of elected candidates for DPR RI members for the 2019-2024 period at the General Election Commission (KPU) which was designated as DPOs since January 17, 2020.

Third, Paulus Tannos alias Thian Po Tjhin, who has been a DPO of the KPK since October 19, 2021. Paulus Tannos is a suspect in alleged corruption in the procurement of electronic ID cards in 2011 '2013 at the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Regarding Harun Masiku, according to Krishna, the former PDIP politician was detected in Singapore on January 16, 2020, and twins returned to Indonesia on January 17, 2020. However, at that time the National Police had not been asked to issue a red notice. For up to 1.5 years, the National Police was asked to issue a red notice on June 30, 201.

After being asked for help, the National Police coordinated with various Interpol participating countries to find the whereabouts of Harun Masiku.

"Well, from what we asked for help, we coordinated with various countries for the search concerned, all the slightest information, including rumors that we were investigating so far, we detected that the person concerned was still in Indonesia," Krishna said.