The Ethics Session Of The Detention Center Will Be Held By The KPK Council On January 17

KPK Supervisory Board at a press conference/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said an ethics trial related to allegations of illegal levies (extortion) at the KPK Detention Center (Rutan) would be held this week. A total of 93 employees will undergo the process.

"The detention case will start on Wednesday, January 17 onwards," said KPK Supervisory Board member Albertina Jo at the ACLC building, Rasuna Said, Jakarta, Monday, January 15.

Albertina said the dozens of employees would be put together in nine files. "Six to be tried soon and three more will be tried this case decided," he said.

"So we share it in the full nine files because there are quite a lot of 93 people involved," continued Albertina.

In the first six files there are 90 people who will be tried. And later the last three files will be one person each," he said.

As previously reported, the KPK Supervisory Board found allegations of illegal levies at the KPK Detention Center. The value is fantastic to reach Rp4 billion and has been carried out since December 2021-March 2022.

This allegation then became the spotlight of the anti-corruption commission. Deputy Chairperson of the KPK, Nurul Ghufron, said that prisoners were afraid to reveal that this incident was not new.

"This has happened for a long time but it has only been revealed now, because in the previous examination the previous victims and their families were still closed or did not reveal it," said Ghufron in a written statement, Friday, June 23.

This extortion is allegedly intended so that prisoners in the KPK detention center can get relief such as being allowed to carry communication tools. In fact, this is something that is prohibited in accordance with the laws and regulations.

"It is suspected that his actions were in the form of bribery, gratification, and extortion of KPK detainees to get relief and use of communication tools," said Ghufron.