JAKARTA - Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) reported Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Johanis Tanak to the Supervisory Board regarding his conversation with the Acting Director General of Mineral and Coal Idris Froyote Siites circulated on social media some time ago.
Head of ICW Legal Division Lalola Easter said there were two things reported. In addition to the conversation that was spread between Johanis and Idris, reporting was also made because the act was considered to have the potential to cause a conflict of interest.
"Although he has not been appointed as Deputy Chair of the KPK, it has gone through a fit and proper test process, which has been agreed upon or approved by the DPR RI has passed the fit and proper test and will be sworn in in October," Lalola told reporters at the ACLC KPK Building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Tuesday, April 18.
Not only that, ICW also assessed that this conversation has the potential for a conflict of interest because it happened again last March. According to Lalola, Johanis at that time was the Deputy Chair of the KPK and is suspected of being a report on alleged corruption at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources is being handled.
Then, he mentioned that Idris had been absent from the summons of the anti-corruption commission some time ago as a witness. "So that's why ICW chose to take a stand to report the person concerned," he said.
ICW hopes that the KPK Council can handle this report optimally. If proven, they were asked not to hesitate to impose sanctions on Johanis.
"Or at least carry out an examination with integrity of the person concerned," said Lalola.
As previously reported, the photo containing a conversation between Johanis Tanak and Plh, Director General of Mineral and Coal, Idris Sihete, was in the spotlight after being uploaded to an anonymous Twitter account, @dimdim0783. There are several screenshots, one of which is discussing work and there is the phrase 'behind the screen'.
Not only that, this account also revealed that there was a discussion about the Mining Business License (IUP). Responding to this, Johanis Tanak said the conversation took place before he was appointed as a leader.
He admitted that he was already friends with Idris when he was still together at the Prosecutor's Office. Johanis also admitted that he did not know that his interlocutor had become the Acting Director General of Mineral and Coal because previously he served as Head of Legal Bureau at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
"I contacted him because I was just before retirement, how many months left for me to retire. If I continue to retire, what should I do, so how can there be new activities," said Tanak when contacted by VOI, Wednesday, April 12 evening.
Tanak also explained the intention of playing behind the scenes as stated in the message circulating. It has nothing to do with the KPK.
"That I have no other intention behind the scenes because I am active at the prosecutor's office in a few months and retire, so I can have activities when I retire,"
"That's why I said, who knows Pak Idris has a job that I can do. I will leave it to my friends. I will help correct the agreement related to business law. The concept of a private company's agreement or advice," said Tanak.
As for the conversation that discussed the IUP, Johanis suspected that engineering had occurred. He felt he had never been in touch with Idris on February 24.
Even if there is a discussion regarding the IUP, he said it is not related to the ongoing case at the KPK. "I swear, I didn't know that he was already the Acting Director General whom I knew was the Head of the Legal Bureau of Energy and Mineral Resources," he said.
"Even if there was a chat with me with him in February, at that time there was no investigation order against him (Idris Sisite, ed). If there was an investigation against him, which way could be that stupid for me to chat," concluded Johanis.
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