Not Give Space For Corruption Practice, Erick Thohir Will Report Direct SOEs Officers Who 'Play'

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JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir emphasized that he did not provide space for corrupt practices.

Therefore, said Erick, he will bring high-ranking SOE officials directly to law enforcement if they are caught committing a criminal act of corruption.

"And we prioritize a transparent business process. If there are corrupt people, don't arrest them, let me catch them. I brought Garuda directly to the prosecutor's office, Jiwasraya the prosecutor's office, Asabri to the prosecutor's office," he said, quoted from his official Instagram @erickthohir, Friday, October 7th.

Erick explained that this step was taken to build culture in state-owned companies.

Because, said Erick, transformation within BUMN will not be created without cultural transformation, namely Akhlak.

Akhlak himself stands for Amanah, Competent, Harmonious, Loyal, Adaptive, and Collaborative.

"We don't bring people who brew, we bring them as Minister. So what? Culturally created, that's why I say that the transformation of SOEs is impossible without cultural transformation, namely Akhlak, which we pushed from the start, and business processes, now this is what we take care of," he said.

According to Erick, corrupt practices have become a culture for humans. In fact, since the birth of this act has been carried out.

Therefore, said Erick, acts of corruption cannot be eliminated, but must be minimized.

Internally state-owned, Erick admits that he has three ways to reduce practice, namely transparency, good business processes, and digitization.

"What is called corruption is that humans born are already corrupt, it's just a matter of how we reduce the potential for corruption in a transparent way, a good business process, and digitization," said Erick.

Furthermore, Erick also ensured that the Ministry of SOEs continued to encourage transparency in the business process of the state company. One of them is through the consolidation of the company's annual financial statements.

"We've done all of this, but it's still corrupt, so how do we do it? Yes, business process. We have encouraged the so-called transparency of the business process," he said.

Erick believes that the transparency of the business process through consolidation of annual financial statements will allow SOEs to apply the principles of Good Corporate Governance (GCG) or good corporate governance.