The Ethical Fate Of KPK Chair Firli Bahuri Will Be Determined, What Is The Fate?

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JAKARTA - The ethical fate of the Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri and several of his employees will be determined, Tuesday, September 15 through an ethics trial. The trial will be held openly.

"After a series of investigated trial processes by KPK employees YPH (Yudi Purnomo Harahap), Chairman of the KPK FB (Firli Bahuri), the Ethics Council Dewas KPK will continue the ethics trial with an agenda for reading the verdict on Tuesday, September 15 2020 at 09.00-12.00 WIB, "said Acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri as quoted by Antara, Jakarta, Monday, September 14.

The open hearing for the reading of the verdict refers to Article 8 paragraph (1) of the KPK Dewas Regulation Number 3 of 2020 concerning Procedures for Examination and Trials for Violation of the KPK Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct.

Court decisions and press conferences will be conducted online and watched live or LIVE through a number of KPK social media channels, namely through Youtube, Facebook and the official KPK Twitter.

According to Ali, Dewas will first hold a trial for Yudi Purnomo Harahap's verdict and then on Firli Bahuri.

"As a form of openness to the public and accountability for the implementation of the KPK's duties to the public, a press conference will also be held related to the hearing of Dewas' decision after the decision has been read," he said.

The head of the KPK Employee Forum (WP) Yudi Purnomo reportedly allegedly disseminated false information and violated the code of ethics and code of conduct for "Integrity" in Article 4 paragraph (1) letter o KPK Supervisory Board Regulation Number: 02/2020.

Yudi Purnomo Harahap is considered to have violated this article because he reported on the dismissal of Kompol Rossa Purbo Bekti on February 5, 2020.

In his explanation, Yudi considered himself to be the Chairperson of the KPK WP who was obliged to defend and convey the aspirations of employees in accordance with the Articles of Association and Bylaws of the KPK WP, especially as Rossa Purbo Bekti was a member of the KPK WP.

Meanwhile, Firli Bahuri was complained by the Coordinator of the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) Boyamin Saiman regarding the use of luxury helicopters during his trip from Palembang to Baturaja, South Sumatra on June 20, 2020.

The trip from Palembang to Baturaja used a helicopter owned by a private company with the code PK-JTO.

Firli is suspected of violating the code of ethics and code of conduct "Integrity" in Article 4 paragraph (1) letter c or Article 4 paragraph (1) letter n or Article 4 paragraph (2) letter m and / or "Leadership" in Article 8 paragraph (1 ) letter f KPK Supervisory Board Regulation Number: 02 of 2020.

Firli has also been confronted with the reporter, Boyamin, in the presence of three leaders of the ethics court, namely three KPK Supervisory Board members, namely Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean (Chairman), Syamsuddin Haris and Albertina Ho respectively as members.