Secretly, Erick Thohir Has Reported Dapen BUMN Indicated Corruption To The AGO

SOE Minister Erick Thohir (Photo: Doc. VOI)

JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir said his party had reported two cases of alleged corruption of state-owned pension funds (dappen) to the Attorney General's Office (AGO) for follow-up.

Erick admitted that he was reluctant to reveal to the public the report to the Attorney General's Office. He said this was to prevent allegations of political elements.

The two of them have been given (to the AGO), are still being studied again. Only yesterday I didn't do it like yesterday (the press conference), I'm afraid it's political. So I just kept quiet," he said when met in the Central Jakarta area, written Tuesday, February 27.

Erick said that the two reported lists were additional. Previously, seven SOE pension funds had been reported.

"At that time I reported 7, added 2, so 9," he said.

Announced In 2 Weeks

But unfortunately, Erick was reluctant to reveal the two BUMN pension funds reported to the AGO. He said the data would be disclosed to the public in the next two weeks.

"Later, you will be notified when you get clearance, in two weeks," said Erick.

Erick explained that he still had to coordinate with the AGO regarding his handling, before finally the names of the two problematic pension funds were revealed to the public.

Furthermore, Erick also said that he could not provide details because it was the authority of the Attorney General's Office. Investigately maintaining the trust of the Supreme Audit and Development Agency (BPKP) as the party conducting the audit.

"I'll take care of it with the Prosecutor's Office first, if they clear up, then what do they want. I also have to maintain BPKP's trust," he explained.