Ethics Trial, KPK Council Will Decide On Johanis Tanak's Fate Today

Deputy Chairperson Of The KPK Johanis Tanak (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board (Dewas) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will read out the verdict of alleged ethical violations of the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Johanis Tanak today, Thursday, September 14. He is suspected of contacting the Acting Director General of Mineral and Coal of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Idris Froyoto Sihite.

"The plan (the trial will start, ed) at 10:00 WIB," said KPK Council Member Albertina Ho to reporters, Thursday, September 14.

The trial of this decision, continued Albertina, will be open to the public. All facts found from related parties will be revealed.

However, Albertina could not confirm Johanis' presence. Because his mother had just died and was still in mourning.

"If he comes, we will go to trial, if he doesn't come, maybe we will postpone it," he said.

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.