Guilty In The Extortion Case Of Detention Center, 78 KPK Employees Only Sanctioned With Sorrys

Chairman of the KPK Supervisory Board Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (Dewas KPK) has finished reading the ethical decisions against 90 KPK employees on suspicion of illegal levies (extortion) at the KPK State Detention Center (Rutan). Of the total 90 KPK employees who were terminated for ethics this time, 78 of them were found guilty and only sentenced to apologize.

"The sanctions imposed on the examinees are severe sanctions in the form of direct open apologies," said the chairman of the KPK Council, Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean at the KPK Council Building, Jakarta, Thursday, February 15.

Meanwhile, 12 other KPK employees were not ethically decided because they had committed their actions before the formation of the KPK Council. The KPK Council handed over to the Secretariat General of the KPK to follow up on its settlement.

"So that the KPK Supervisory Board is not authorized to try this," said Tumpak.

Tumpak then explained, since KPK employees have the status of state civil servants (ASN), the ethical sanctions that can be imposed are only moral, such as an apology. However, in this decision, the KPK Council has recommended that KPK employees be involved to be dealt with in a disciplined manner.

"In the verdict of the case handed down, all 78 people examined were recommended by the panel to be subject to alleged disciplinary violations," said Tumpak.

On the other hand, there are still three KPK employees who have not been processed for alleged ethical violations related to extortion at the KPK Detention Center. The KPK Council confirmed that the ethics trial of the three will be held in the near future.

As previously reported, a number of things have been revealed to the public from a series of ethical hearings regarding the practice of extortion at the KPK Detention Center. Some of them, such as the alleged contribution of the family of KPK detainees to pay extortion to KPK employees.

Then there is the figure of Pak Lurah, allegedly acting as a figure who distributes the proceeds of extortion at the KPK Detention Center. Then the money from extortion allegedly ran out for the daily needs of the KPK employees involved, such as buying food and gasoline.

Meanwhile, there are special facilities that KPK detainees can receive thanks to the practice of extortion at the KPK Detention Center. This is like being able to bring communication tools to the KPK Detention Center and being able to order food from outside through online applications.