AGO Confirms Prosecutors Are Arrested By Task Force 53 In Mojokerto

JAKARTA - Head of the Attorney General's Office for Legal Information Center (Kejagung) Leonard Eben Ezer Simanjuntak confirmed that an individual prosecutor was detained in Mojokerto, East Java.

Leonard explained that the AGO's Task Force 53 (Satgas 53) team arrested a structural official at the Mojokerto District Attorney's Office regarding reports of public complaints on allegations of abuse of authority.

"Security is carried out as a quick response to public reports. Currently, the person concerned is still being investigated in the field of supervision of the Attorney General's Office," Leonard said, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, October 12.

Some time ago, Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin mentioned that internal supervision of the Adhyaksa Corps is a vital element as an early warning system in seeing potential violations. This was conveyed by him at the opening of the 2021 Supervision Technical Working Meeting on Tuesday, October 5.

The Attorney General underlined three elements that are part of the supervisory function, namely guarding as an element of prevention, fostering as an element of improvement, and punishing as an element of deterrence.

"The law is for those who cannot be fostered and actually tarnish the good name of the institution in order to create a deterrent effect and become a lesson for other employees," said Burhanuddin.