Firli Was Reported To The KPK Supervisory Board For Using Private Helicopters For Personal Benefits

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri was reported to the KPK Supervisory Board for using a helicopter with the PK-JTO code belonging to a private company for his personal interests, namely conducting pilgrimages to burial graves of people in Baturaja.

This reporting was carried out by the Coordinator of the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) Boyamin Saiman and submitted by electronic mail.

"MAKI has submitted via email to the KPK Supervisory Board a complaint against the alleged violation of the code of ethics by Firli, the Chairman of the KPK for the use of a luxury helicopter for the trip from Palembang to Baturaja on Saturday, June 20," Boyamin said in a written statement, Wednesday, June 24.

For his actions, MAKI suspected that Firli had violated the code of ethics. Because, according to Boyamin, the trip from Palembang to Baturaja only takes four hours by road.

So, Firli is not supposed to use a helicopter but can use a car. "This is against the code of ethics for the leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) which is prohibited from having a luxurious lifestyle," he said.

Referring to the Regulation of the KPK Supervisory Board Number 1 of 2020 concerning the Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct of the Corruption Eradication Commission in point 27 regarding the regulation of integrity, every KPK employee is prohibited from showing a hedonistic lifestyle.

"Not showing a hedonistic lifestyle as a form of empathy for the community, especially for fellow Commission personnel," the regulation said.

Boyamin's conviction that Firli showed a luxurious lifestyle was further enhanced by knowing that the helicopter used by the former KPK Deputy for Action was a helimousin. Because, this helicopter was once used by motivator Tung Desem Waringin.

"That the helicopter used is a luxury type (helimousine) because it was once used by Tung Desem Waringin who is known as the Helimousine President Air," he said.

It is known, this is not the first time Boyamin has reported Firli. Previously, he had reported because he thought the KPK chairman had violated the COVID-19 protocol because he did not use a mask and did not keep his distance when he met dozens of children in Baturaja, South Sumatra.