MAKI The Value Of The KPK Needs To Be Evaluated If It Does Not Succeed In Arresting Harun Masiku

Gedung KPK (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - Coordinator of the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) Boyamin Saiman asked the Supervisory Board to evaluate the Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri.

This evaluation must be carried out if this anti-graft agency is unable to catch their fugitive in the interim bribery case (PAW) of DPR members, namely former PDI-P candidate Harun Masiku.

"If it is not capable, it means that the current KPK is getting worse and needs to be evaluated. Not only the task force but the KPK leadership needs to be evaluated," Boyamin said when contacted by reporters Monday, November 2.

He considered that the arrest of the fugitive who gave bribes to the former Commissioner of the General Election Commission (KPU) Wahyu Setiawan, would certainly prove the performance of the KPK under Firli's leadership. When the Supervisory Board said Firli had failed to carry out his duties, then one of his representatives had to be a replacement.

"From the start, I was buzzing about the replacement of the chairman. Later, if necessary, adults of the poor performance can be rolled (exchanged, red) that the KPK Chair is shifted to become deputy and one of the deputies becomes chairman," he said.

Meanwhile, with regard to Harun's whereabouts, Boyamin remains convinced of his previous statement, the fugitive has died. So that it is the duty of the KPK to find him and investigate Harun's death, if he is found dead unnaturally.

This investigation, he continued, must be carried out by the KPK in order to find the parties who benefited from the death of Harun Masuku. Moreover, this bribe fugitive is considered more political than the other fugitives.

The most important thing now, he said, was that the KPK had to be able to find Harun's whereabouts. This method, he said, was also considered to make the public trust the anti-graft agency again, whose trust level has now declined.

"To improve the performance of the KPK, one way is to be able to find the whereabouts of Harun Masiku alive or dead," he said.

Previously, Harun Masiku was still a fugitive that made the Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) judge that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) task force team (task force) to investigate the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in this case was reluctant to carry out their duties. Moreover, nine months after the former PDI-P candidate disappeared, there is no sign that Harun will soon be found.

"Since being named on the wanted list, it has been practically nine months that the KPK seems reluctant to arrest the former legislative candidate," said ICW researcher Kurnia Ramadhana in a written statement to reporters.

He considered that the task force tasked with finding Harun should imitate another team that had just arrested Hiendra Sunjoto, the Director of PT Multicon Indrajaya Terminal (MIT). The success of this team, said Kurnia, deserves to be appreciated and should be used as an example for other teams.

Furthermore, in order to speed up the arrest of Harun Masiku, this anti-corruption activist advised the task force in charge of this case to be evaluated. Even if necessary, this team should just be disbanded.

"As an alternative, maybe the team that succeeded in arresting Nurhadi, Rezky, Hiendra could be empowered to immediately arrest Harun Masiku," he said.

It is known that the investigative task force team in charge of bribery and gratuity cases ensnared former Secretary of the Supreme Court (MA) Nurhadi and his son-in-law, Rezky Herbiyono, is chaired by a senior KPK investigator, Novel Baswedan. In Nurhadi's arrest a few months ago, Novel went down directly with his team to arrest his fugitive.

Returning to Kurnia's statement, he said, if the KPK did not want to evaluate the team that was looking for Harun, then it should be suspected that this anti-graft agency was involved in protecting the fugitive.

"If there is no evaluation of the team looking for Harun Masiku, it is strongly suspected that there are several parties within the KPK who want to protect the fugitive," he said.