Expelled From The KPK Era Firli Bahuri Through TWK, Former Investigator Praswad Nugraha Becomes Chairman Of SEA-Actions

Former KPK investigator Praswad Nugraha (right) was appointed as Managing Chairman of SEA-Actions. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - Former investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Praswad Nugraha was appointed as Managing Chairman of Southeast Asia Anti-Corruption Syndicate (SEA-Actions).

This organization was announced at the Southeast Asia Anti-Corruption Conference: Recalling the Jakarta Statement at the Putrajaya International Convention Center, Malaysia on Tuesday, April 29 yesterday. The SEA-actions chaired by Tan Sri Abu Kassim bin Mohamed as the Chief Commissioner of Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is a follow-up to the Jakarta Statement or Jakarta Declaration.

The agreement came at a meeting of international anti-corruption institutions on 26-27 November 2012. At that time there were 20 countries present and produced 16 principles to realize the independence and effectiveness of eradicating corruption.

"After 13 years since the birth of the Jakarta Statment, we need a strategy to implement this commitment through a collective actions strategy involving various stakeholders, including the government, private sector, NGO, media, and various other stakeholders," Praswad said in a written statement quoted on Wednesday, April 30.

For information, Praswad is one of the investigators from the anti-corruption commission who was eliminated during the process of transferring employment status due to the ratification of the KPK Law Number 19 of 2019. He was declared not to have passed the national insight test (TWK) which had polemics with 74 other employees.

Praswad is also known to have been the Chair of the IM57+ Institute or an anti-corruption organization founded by a former KPK employee. He is also the current National Police ASN who was inaugurated by the National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo on December 9, 2021, or to coincide with World Anti-Corruption Day.

Meanwhile, regarding the conference activity, representatives of anti-corruption agencies in Southeast Asia were present; one representative of the anti-corruption agency from Mongolia, and international organizations such as the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authority (IAACA), the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Then various Non-Governmental Organizations in Southeast Asia were also present, as well as representatives from media from countries in Southeast Asia.