Prosecutor Arrested In Mojokerto Suspected Of Abuse Of Authority

JAKARTA - A prosecutor with the initials I in Mojokerto, East Java was arrested by the AGO team. This prosecutor was arrested for allegedly having abused power.

The head of the Center for Legal Information at the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) Leonard Eben Ezer Simanjuntak confirmed the arrest.

According to Leonard, the arrest of the prosecutor as a structural official at the Mojokerto District Attorney's Office was based on reports from the public.

"Security was carried out as a quick response to public reports," Leonard said in an official statement quoted by Antara, Tuesday, October 12 evening.

According to Leonard, after being arrested, the Prosecutor with the initials I, who had not yet served one year as one of the divisions in the Mojokerto Kejari, was immediately investigated intensively. The prosecutor was arrested by the AGO's Task Force 53 team.

"Currently, the investigation in question is still being carried out under the supervision of the Attorney General's Office," explained Leonard.

Previously, 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.

He 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," explained Burhanuddin.