Dewas Reveals Extortion In KPK Detention Center Reaches IDR 6.1 Billion: Most Receive IDR 504 Million
JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) revealed illegal levies (extortion) in detention centers of more than Rp. 4 billion as originally suspected. KPK Council member Albertina Ho said the amount of revenue reached Rp. 6.1 billion.
"About Rp6,148 billion. That's the total in the Supervisory Board," Albertina said at a press conference at the ACLC KPK building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Monday, January 15.
This number was obtained after the KPK Council examined 169 people, said Albertina. Of these, 27 of them are former KPK detainees who are now in correctional institutions (prisons) while 137 are employees who have worked at KPK detention centers.
"93 is enough reason for us to take it to the ethics trial. Which 44 is not enough reason to proceed to the ethics trial," he said.
"Then one person was dismissed as a KPK employee on August 16, 2023. Then another person was not a member of the commission concerned who happened to be outsourced, so we couldn't apply ethics," continued Albertina.
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In handling the case, the KPK Council collected 65 documentary evidence to deposit money from 93 employees who will undergo an ethics trial. The amount varies between Rp. 1 million.
"And the most receive is IDR 504 million. That's the most," he said.
As previously reported, the KPK Council found allegations of illegal levies at the KPK Detention Center. KPK Deputy Chair Nurul Ghufron said prisoners were afraid to reveal even though this incident was not new.
"This has happened for a long time but it has only been revealed now, because in the previous examination the previous victims and their families were still closed or did not reveal it," said Ghufron in a written statement, Friday, June 23.
This extortion is allegedly intended so that prisoners in the KPK detention center can get relief such as being allowed to carry communication tools. In fact, this is something that is prohibited in accordance with the laws and regulations.
"It is suspected that his actions were in the form of bribery, gratification, and extortion of KPK detainees to get relief and use of communication tools," said Ghufron.