UGM Traversies The Oddity Of The Theft Case At The KPK Prosecutor's House, The Strangeness Of The Perpetrators Throwing Laptops And Hard Disks Into The River

Two suspects for the burglary and theft at the house of one of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors in Wirobrajan, Yogyakarta City/ANTARA

The Center for Anti-Corruption Studies (Pukat) Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) said there were irregularities in the case of burglary and theft at the house of KPK Prosecutor Ferdian Adi Nugroho in Wirobrajan, Yogyakarta City, on December 24, 2022. "This is a criminal act whose victim is the KPK Public Prosecutor. It could be just ordinary theft, but I think there are too many irregularities because the suspect threw away stolen goods so this must be investigated by the police," said UGM Pukat researcher Zaenur Rohman when contacted in Yogyakarta, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, January 4. As is known, the two suspects with the initials SIP and JN allegedly broke into Ferdian's house and then stole a number of items in the form of laptops and bags, external hard disks, cell phones, and CCTV digital video recorders (DVR). However, the two suspects admitted to the police that they threw the stolen evidence into one of the rivers in Yogyakarta. "Why does a thief risk his safety by stealing but the stolen goods are then thrown away so that this shows irregularities," said Zaenur. Therefore, he hopes that the motives of the suspects can be immediately revealed by the Yogyakarta Regional Police. If the theft is purely economically motivated, according to him, the perpetrators usually sell stolen goods to collectors or sell them through online shops, not throw them away. "Is this purely theft with the intention of owning other people's belongings with economic motives or is this theft related to the profession of the victim as the KPK Public Prosecutor," said Zaenur. As a KPK prosecutor who is usually in charge of prosecuting various corruption cases, according to him, it is possible that the theft crime was a form of attack on Ferdian regarding his work. If the police can later prove that the perpetrators of the crime deliberately target a number of work tools belonging to the victim as the KPK prosecutor who is handling the case, according to Zaenur, then the KPK can ensnare them with the article "obstruction of justice" or the alleged obstructing investigation. "KPK can see the possibility of ensnaring other perpetrators or perpetrators who have not been caught," he said. Based on UGM's record, he said that attacks on KPK employees repeatedly occurred related to the tasks they carried out in enforcing the law to eradicate corruption. "Usually the attacks on KPK employees are related to their work, not just street crimes," said Zaenur. He hopes that the events experienced by KPK Prosecutor Ferdian Adi Nugroho will evaluate anti-corruption agencies to strengthen employee security, including data related to cases being handled. "Events like this are proof that the security of employees, including data security, is very important, so it must be the concern of the KPK institution," said Zaenur. Previously, the Director of the General Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Yogyakarta Regional Police, Kombes Nuredy Irwansyah Putra, said that he was still investigating the goods belonging to the KPK prosecutor which the two suspects claimed were dumped in the river. "The suspect is still under investigation and his statements are also changing. We are still conducting the truth test, including goods that are said to have been dumped in the river, we will test them," said Nuredy during a press conference at the Yogyakarta Regional Police Headquarters yesterday.