JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir plans to increase the number of deputies at the Ministry of SOEs. One of them is specifically to handle corruption prosecution in state-owned companies.
Furthermore, Erick also said, supervision in SOEs would be strengthened. Therefore, he said, the number of deputies will be increased from 3 people to 5 people.
"In the latest SOTK (oragnization and governance structure), the BUMN deputy will add from 3 to 5. One of them is the function of capturing corruption," said Erick at the Ministry of SOEs, Jakarta, written Tuesday, May 6.
Erick said the Ministry of SOEs has a duty to supervise and investigate acts of corruption in SOEs. Therefore, a strengthening will be carried out on the implementation of this task.
He also opened the possibility for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to place people in special deputy positions for corruption prosecution at the Ministry of SOEs.
"Well, that's what we don't have explicitity about, that's why we are with the KPK, the Prosecutor's Office, who knows we will attract individuals from them to sit under the ministry (BUMN)," he said.
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In addition, Erick also admitted that he had coordinated with the KPK and the AGO to discuss corruption prosecution. This includes the definition of state losses or corporate losses.
Erick also ensured that the SOE directors and commissioners would still be prosecuted if they committed corruption even though they were not part of the state administrators, as stipulated in Law Number 1 of 2025 concerning SOEs (UU BUMN).
"Don't ask, if (contained) corruption cases are still in prison," he said.
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