Condolences, The KPK Council Postpones The Decision Of The Johanis Tanak Ethics Session Next Week

Deputy Chairperson Of The KPK Johanis Tanak (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board (Dewas) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has postponed the trial of the verdict of alleged ethical violations of the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Johanis Tanak for contacting the Acting Director General of Mineral and Coal of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Idris Froyoto Sihite today, Thursday, September 14.

KPK Supervisory Board member Syamsuddin Haris said the reading was not done because Johanis was still in a state of grief. Because his mother had just died.

"The trial for reading the verdict was postponed to Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 12.30 WIB," Syamsuddin told reporters, Thursday, September 14.

"Because the JT was not present, he was still mourning because his parents died in Manado," he continued.

Johanis had to be tried ethically because the conversation with Idris was spread on social media. There are several screenshots uploaded to the account containing discussions about work and there are sentences 'behind the screen'.

It didn't stop there, there was a conversation that turned out to be discussing a 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.