JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)'s hand arrest operation (OTT) has again dragged big names into the national business world.
In this case, the Director of PT PML and Sungai Budi Group staff was caught OTT after being suspected of being involved in bribery related to the management of business licenses and plantation projects.
The chairman of the Justice Youth Association, Dendi Budiman, asked for the case to be thoroughly investigated. He was worried because there was information collusion to obscure the case so that there was a backing of KPK personnel.
"This is a serious test for the independence of the KPK. If it is true that there are people who play, then the integrity of the anti-corruption agency can be at stake," said Dendi in his press statement, Thursday (11/9/2025).
The case has raised widespread attention, considering that the Budi Group River is known as one of the major conglomerates in the food and agribusiness sector. Allegations of internal KPK intervention itself add to the complexity of cases, as well as raises a public question: to what extent is the corporate mafia capable of penetrating the bulwark of eradicating corruption in Indonesia?
Dendi emphasized that if it is true that there is a backing from law enforcement officers, a stronger external monitoring mechanism is needed.
KPK should not only be monitored from within. DPR, BPK, and independent institutions of civil society must be involved so that public trust does not collapse," he said.
However, until now there has been no official statement from the KPK regarding this alleged simulation. The public also hopes that each OTT is really processed transparently without any room for intervention.
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