Accused Of Slow Dealing With Alleged Ethical Violations, KPK Council: How Much Is The Size?

Chairman Of The KPK Council Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean / DOK PHOTO: Abdul Aziz Masindo-VOI

JAKARTA - The chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean is reluctant to be accused of being slow in handling suspected ethical violations. He emphasized that his work was always sought to be completed appropriately.

"There is criticism of the KPK Council, it's slow. How long is it, I don't think it's slow either," said Tumpak as quoted from the Indonesian KPK YouTube, Tuesday, January 16.

Tumpak then mentioned again the case of ethical violations involving Firli Bahuri while still serving as Chairman of the KPK. He said the alleged meeting with the litigants did not take long to prove.

Dewas, he continued, had even imposed severe sanctions in the form of recommendations for resignations. This is actually different from the handling of the Firli Bahuri extortion case by the Metro Jaya Police," said Tumpak.

"Pak Firli has been decided (the type, ed) yes, anyway. It's not finished at the Regional Police either. So don't say it's slow," he said.

The public emphasized that it must understand that the number of personnel on the supervisory board is very small. This is what makes it difficult for them to handle alleged ethical violations, for example related to illegal levies (extortion) at the KPK Detention Center.

"You can imagine too, yes, no matter what. How do we have to clarify, say, the case of extortion in detention centers is 93 people, there are hundreds of people we have to ask. It's not too slow either," he said.

"We are trying to get it done immediately but thank you if there are criticisms regarding the inaction. Maybe we try to speed it up," concluded Tumpak.