Nawawi Reveals New Phenomenon Of Officials In Front Of Jokowi: Flexing Assets Turns Out To Be The Result Of Corruption

The Temporary Chairperson of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Nawawi Pomolango at the commemoration of World Anti-Corruption Day (Hakordia) today, Tuesday, December 12 (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The interim chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Nawawi Pomolango revealed that there was a new phenomenon among officials that occurred during the 2023 period. Many of them went viral for showing off their wealth and ended up being caught in a corruption case.

This was conveyed by Nawawi in front of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) who was present at the commemoration of World Anti-Corruption Day (Hakordia) today, Tuesday, December 12.

"In 2023, a new phenomenon, flexing, showing off the wealth of government officials on social media has been responded to by the public by comparing their state administrators' wealth reports (LHKPN)," said Nawawi at Istora Senayan, Jakarta.

Nawawi said this report could indeed be accessed freely by the public. When the wealth of this official went viral, many checked until finally the practice was exposed.

"Some lead to disclosure of corruption cases," he said.

This phenomenon then made Nawawi ask the government, especially President Jokowi, to pay special attention. The trick is to give a warning to officials who do not obey and honestly report their wealth.

"Mr. President can give a warning to those who do not convey the LHKPN on time, complete with a power of attorney and correct its contents," he said.

As a reminder, there were three corruption cases that ensnared officials and initially started showing off their assets on social media. The first is former Directorate General of Taxes Rafael Alun Trisambodo.

Rafael's assets were in the spotlight after his son abused him. The anti-corruption commission then moved to carry out an investigation until finally it was found that there were allegations of receiving gratuities and money laundering (TPPU).

Rafael's case is currently being tried at the Jakarta Corruption Court. He is just waiting for the time to be sentenced to a judge because the prosecution has been read out by the KPK Public Prosecutor (JPU) on Monday, December 11.

Meanwhile, two other cases involved former Makassar Customs Chief Andhi Pramono and former Yogyakarta Customs Chief Eko Darmanto. Andhi Pramono has already undergone trial while Eko was just detained on Friday, December 8 yesterday.