KPK Denies Getting Pressure When Finding Out Kaesang's Private Jet

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has ensured that there is no pressure in an effort to investigate the use of the private jet of President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) son, Kaesang Pangarep. It is certain that the ongoing process will continue.

This was conveyed by KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardika after submitting an investigation into the use of jets by the General Chairperson of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) to focus on public complaints.

"There is absolutely no pressure," Tessa told reporters at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, quoted on Thursday, August 5.

Tessa said that since the beginning the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Alexander Marwata also said that Kaesang could declare this private jet issue so that it would not cause a polemic. This attitude is actually still being awaited by the anti-corruption commission.

He also ensured that the steps to investigate the alleged acceptance of facilities through public complaints to prove that his institution was not arbitrary. "So it doesn't mean passionate or not," he said.

"KPK works based on a legal framework based on the authority in the law," continued the spokesman with the investigator's background.

Currently, two public reports have come in, namely from the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) and a lecturer at the Jakarta State University (UNJ) Ubaidillah Badrun. Both of them reported the use of jet planes by President Joko Widodo's youngest son (Jokowi) during a trip to the United States with his wife, Erina Gudono.

In its report, the Coordinator of the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) Boyamin Saiman conveyed an MoU in collaboration between the Solo City Government and PT Shopee Indonesia International regarding the development of MSMEs. He suspects that the jet aircraft used by Kaesang and his wife is facilitated by the company.

Meanwhile, a lecturer at the Jakarta State University (UNJ), Ubaidillah Badrun, reported Kaesang's luxurious lifestyle with his wife who used a private jet to the United States.

As previously reported, Kaesang Pangarep, who is the youngest child of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and his wife, Erina Gudono, is in the spotlight because of taking a private jet to the United States. Jokowi's son-in-law also uploaded a luxurious lifestyle such as eating Rp400 thousand bread to buying a babystroller for tens of millions while in the US.