Not Arresting Harun Masiku, ICW Asks The Supervisory Board To Conduct A Massive Audit

JAKARTA - Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) asked the Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to conduct an audit of the leadership and a number of other parties.

ICW researcher Kurnia Ramadhana said the audit had to be carried out because the search for former PDI-P (PDIP) candidate Harun Masiku, the suspect in the bribery case for determining the interim replacement (PAW) of the Indonesian House of Representatives had stalled. In fact, the former chairman of the General Elections Commission (KPU) has been on the run for two years.

"For ICW, two years is sufficient for the Supervisory Board to conduct a large-scale audit of the stalled search for Harun. This is also in line with the supervisory function as stipulated in the KPK Law," Kurnia said in a written statement to reporters, Tuesday, January 11.

This audit is also considered important because ICW is concerned that certain party officials are involved which makes the KPK reluctant to arrest Harun.

At least, there are a number of parties who feel it is important to be questioned regarding this failure. "First, the commissioner of the KPK," said Kurnia.

"Second, the Deputy for Enforcement of the KPK. Third, the former KPK employee who was previously assigned to find Harun but was dismissed through the National Insight Test. The three statements will illustrate the main problem why Harun seems protected by the KPK," added the anti-corruption activist.

As previously reported, the KPK has yet to arrest four of its fugitives, including Harun Masiku. The whereabouts of the former PDIP candidate are not even known until now.

"What is clear to the leadership is that there is no information regarding the whereabouts of the person concerned," said KPK Deputy Chair Alexander Marwata to reporters quoted on Friday, December 31.

Alexander said the KPK had tried to ask for help from a number of parties to find Harun, including NCB Interpol. However, until now there has been no information regarding the whereabouts of the former KPU commissioner, Wahyu Setiawan.

"No, not yet (there is information from Interpol, ed)," he said.

Even so, the KPK has repeatedly stated that it will soon arrest Harun Masiku and other fugitives.

It is known that currently the four fugitives are the Corruption Eradication Commission's homework. They are Harun Masiku who has been on the run since 2020; Surya Darmadi who is a fugitive since 2019; Izil Azhar has been fugitive since 2018; and Kirana Kotama who has been fugitive since 2017.