Regarding Extortion Practices At The KPK Detention Center, The Ministry Of Law And Human Rights Supports Law Enforcement

KPK Building. (Doc. ANTARA)

Regarding the emergence of information about the alleged involvement of employees of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) with the initials H in the case of illegal levies (extortion) at the State Detention Center (Rutan) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the Ministry of Law and Human Rights confirmed that H was no longer an employee of the institution.

"As of 2022, H has changed duties to become an employee of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government in the Secretariat of the DKI Jakarta Provincial People's Representative Council based on the Decree of the Governor of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta Number: 785 of 2022. So the person concerned is no longer an employee of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights," said Head of the Public Relations, Law and Cooperation Bureau of the Secretariat General of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Hantor Situmorang in a press statement, Friday, February 17.

Hantor stated that H had previously served in the Jakarta Class II Child Special Development Institution (LPKA) and was then assigned to the KPK RI based on the Decree of the Minister of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia Number: Sek.2-44.KP.04.04 of 2018 dated February 22, 2018. However, in 2022, H has changed his status to a DKI Provincial Government Employee.

"The Ministry of Law and Human Rights fully supports the disciplinary enforcement process against these employees if they are proven to have committed extortion at the KPK Detention Center. In principle, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights fully submits disciplinary enforcement actions under the guidance of the KPK," he said.

The Head of Public Relations, Law and Cooperation of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights also emphasized that the Ministry of Law and Human Rights is committed to continuing to fight extortion both in detention centers and prisons under his auspices and if there are indications that employees are involved in committing extortion, there will definitely be strict sanctions on officers who violate.

"What is clear is that if there is extortion in prisons or prisons, we will give strict sanctions. This is in accordance with the motto of the Ditjenpas to create services with integrity," he said.

Previously, the KPK Supervisory Board imposed ethical sanctions on 12 KPK detention officers, in the first ethics trial. The 12 people were found guilty of violating ethics for receiving extortion money from prisoners.

"It has been proven legally and convincingly that they have committed acts of abusing their position and/or authority, including abusing their influence as a member of the Commission, both in carrying out their duties and personal interests and/or groups," said Chairman of the KPK Council Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean reading the verdict at the KPK ACLC Building, Thursday 15 February.

The 12th mode of extortion for officers was to smuggle cellphones into detention centers and let prisoners use cellphones.