Viral Napi Corruption Ngopi at a Cafe, Commission XIII DPR Concerned about Prison Officers Bribed

Former Head of the Kolaka Port, Supriadi (right), a convicted corruption convict who was once in the news for being known to drink coffee at a cafe in Kendari, South Sulawesi. (Special)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of Commission XIII of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Andreas Hugo Pareira, highlighted the corruption convicts who were caught drinking coffee at a cafe and went viral on social media. He assessed that there were indications that officers were bribed so that it was possible for convicts to leave the Detention House (Rutan).

"Inmates or prisoners who can roam outside the prison or prison may only happen if there is cooperation with prison or prison officers," said Andreas Hugo Pareira, Saturday, April 18.

Andreas also suspected that there was a possibility of the involvement of the prison officers so that Supriadi could have a leisurely coffee at the cafe. "The existence of Napi in South Sulawesi who can roam around in cafes must be investigated more deeply," said the PDIP Legislator from the Dapil NTT I.

According to Andreas, this problem is not only for the residents, but also lies in the problem with the detention officers. Including to what level the 'special permit' case is given so that the Napi who has a stake can walk freely in the cafe.

"The case of Napi who wanders outside the prison or detention center is usually because the prison or detention center officers are bribed, so the Napi concerned needs to be given special sanctions," he said.

Andreas assessed that Karutan must also be held responsible for this. He asked the Directorate General of Corrections (Ditjenpas) to investigate the case thoroughly.

"The warden must be held accountable, while officers at every level who passed it must be given a firm sanction. Commission XIII of the DPR urges the Director General of Prisons to investigate this case and explain it to the public," said Andreas.

Andreas also assessed that this issue needed to be followed up further. It is not enough to just conduct a check on the officers, but a thorough evaluation of the mechanisms for exit permits, escorting inmates, and risk-based surveillance standards is also needed.

"Because if supervision only stops at individual sanctions, then the institutional root of the problem is not touched," said Andreas.

As is known, Napi is a corruption case named Supriadi who was relaxing at a coffee shop with a prison officer who went viral on social media.

Supriadi is a resident of the Kendari Class IIA State Prison (Rutan), Southeast Sulawesi. Supriadi was sentenced to five years in prison for corruption in the mining sector while serving as Head of the Kolaka Class III KUPP.

In that matter, Karutan Class IIA Kendari Rikie Umbaran apologized. Karutan also admitted that there was a violation of standard operating procedures (SOP) by the officer with the initials Y.

The Rutan party said that previously Y was assigned to escort inmate Supriadi to attend a review trial (PK) at the court. However, instead of being taken directly back to the prison after the trial, inmate Supriadi was given the opportunity to stop by a coffee shop.