In The Aftermath Of CASN Test Cheating Disclosure, 359 Participants Disqualified, Bribery Value Of Rp150-600 Million

Release of case at Police Headquarters (Photo: DOK VOI/Rizky AP)

JAKARTA - Hundreds of candidates for the state civil apparatus (CASN) were disqualified following the disclosure of cases of fraud using remote access mode. They were disqualified based on the decree of the State Civil Service Agency (BKN).

"The number of ASN candidates who have been disqualified is 359 people, based on the BKN decision letter," said Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division Kombes Gatot Repli Handoko to reporters, Monday, April 25.

In addition, based on the data, there were 81 people who passed the admission process. However, their fate has not yet been determined whether they will be disqualified or not.

The reason is that their fate is still waiting for coordination and a decision from the BKN. "Then there are also 81 people who have passed and have not been disqualified," said Gatot.

In addition, the Head of the Renops Bareskrim Polri Kombes M. Samsu Arifin said that based on the results of the investigation, hundreds of CASNs paid the suspects with different amounts. However, the nominal reached hundreds of millions.

"The average bribery activity is between Rp. 150 million and Rp. 600 million," said Samsu.

Previously, the Anti-KKN CASN (Corruption Collusion and Nepotism Corruption of Candidates for State Civil Apparatus) Bareskrim Polri arrested 30 people in cases of fraudulent selection of ASN admissions.

Of the dozens of people who have been named as suspects, 2 of them are Head of the Bureau of Personnel and Human Resources Development (BKPSDM) of Buol and North Kolaka Regencies.

The cases were disclosed in West Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, South Sulawesi and Lampung. Then South Sulawesi, Makassar, Tana Toraja, Sidrap, Palopo, Luwu and Enrekang.

From that disclosure, the mode used is remote access. Its function is so that the computers of the CASNs can be operated by the suspects.

The suspects, they are suspected of Article 46 Juncto Article 30, Article 48 Juncto Article 32, and Article 50 Juncto Article 34 of Law No. 11 of 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE).