Who Is Agung Suprio, The Head Of The Central KPI Who Says Saipul Jamil Can Appear On TV For Education?

JAKARTA - The name of the chairman of the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) Agung Suprio is in the spotlight. Agung opened the opportunity for Saipul Jamil to appear in the public broadcast room. Resistance returns. In addition, the statement was made when the MS bullying case was not resolved.

Various controversies surround KPI. There has been a case of bullying that has happened to a KPI employee with the initials MS since 2012 and the case was only taken seriously when it went viral on social media. MS admitted to being treated like a slave by his colleagues at the office.

MS was even suspected of being sexually harassed. MS has reported to the police but unfortunately the report at the Gambir Sector Police in 2019 was not received. Police asked him to solve the problem internally.

When the problem was not resolved, KPI's performance was again questioned by the presence of Saipul Jamil allowing Saipul Jamil to return to the screen. Please note, Saipul Jamil is a former convict in cases of sexual abuse of minors.

His presence in various TV shows is feared to revive the trauma experienced by victims of sexual abuse. Many people talk about it. Many of them protested against KPI, which usually even censored Shizuka's swimsuit in the Doraemon cartoon.

However, Chairman of the Central Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) Agung Suprio said that Saipul Jamil was not prohibited from appearing on television, according to a circular issued by KPI to broadcasting stations in Indonesia. Agung argued that Saipul Jamil appeared on television specifically for education. For example appearing as a resource person who tells the dangers of sexual predators.

"He (Saipul Jamil) can appear for educational purposes. For example, he is present as a (resource) on the dangers of predators, it can also be. This is in a letter sent to a television broadcaster," Agung explained in a broadcast on Deddy Corbuzier's YouTube channel.

Agung added that the KPI only criticized the glorification of Saipul Jamil shown by the television station. This also made KPI forbid Saipul Jamil to appear in the context of entertainment.

Agung understands that the case of Saipul Jamil cannot be equated with the case of an artist who was exposed to drugs. This statement further angered netizens. How not, if you think about it logically, is it possible that there are predators who are used as sources?

What event made Saipul Jamil a resource person? What lessons can be learned from the event that made Saipul Jamil a resource person? This is the concern of many people.

Agung Suprio's attitude was even more disappointing when it was discovered that he had left Mata Najwa's studio and refused to have a dialogue. Agung was invited to have a dialogue regarding cases of bullying and sexual harassment that befell KPI employees.

Through comments on his Instagram upload, the presenter of Mata Najwa, Najwa Shihab, said that Agung suddenly decided to leave the studio. He refused to have a dialogue after hearing the victim's lawyer talking.

Agung Suprio served as Chairman of the Central KPI from 2019 to 2022. Prior to serving as chairman, he served as Commissioner of the Central KPI for the 2016-2019 period. When he became a commissioner, Agung assumed the task of Coordinator for Structure Management and Broadcasting Systems.

Born September 2, 1975, Agung started his career when he studied at the Political Science degree program at the University of Indonesia (UI). According to information from the KPI official website, Agung studied from 1994 to 2001.

The length of the study period for Agung was due to the transition from the New Order government to the Reformation. Agung was once trusted as the National Coordinator of UNFRELL (University Network For Free and Fair Elections) in 1999, the first democratic election monitoring agency since the New Order era based on universities from Aceh to Papua.

After the election, Agung became a member of the Cetro Workers' Body (Center for Electoral Reform) in 2000 – 2001. In 2001, Agung and his colleagues from UI founded Vilters (Center for Civil Military Studies). Vilters is Agung's obsession to realize a thesis in the field of Political Science on civil-military relations in the new era.

Vilters succeeded in publishing a book on the shift in civil-military relations in 2001 with a qualitative research model in twenty second-level regions in Indonesia. Agung then continued his education at the political science postgraduate program at UI, which resulted in Agung being appointed as the Chair of the UI Political Science Graduate Student and Alumni Association.

In 2015, Agung served as executive director of the Indonesia Public Policy Institute (IPPI). In 2016, Agung was chosen to be a guest announcer on TVRI in the event 'meeting point.' Agung Suprio is also known to be a permanent lecturer at the Indonesian Christian University (UKI). He has also taught as a lecturer in Political Science at the University of Indonesia.

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