KPU Chairman Tried At DKPP Regarding Leakage Of DPT 2024 Election

The atmosphere of the implementation of the Election Organizer Code of Ethics trial in the DKPP Session Room, Jakarta, Wednesday (28/2/2024). (ANTARA/Bagus Ahmad Rizaldi)

JAKARTA - KPU chairman Hasyim Asy'ari and all KPU commissioners were held a code of ethics trial by the Election Organizers Honorary Council (DKPP) regarding complaints of data leakage of the 2024 General Election Fixed Voter List (DPT) data.

Chairman of the DKPP Heddy Lugito said the complaint was registered with case number 4-PKE-DKPP/I/2024. The complaint was submitted by a resident from Jember, East Java, named Rico Nurfiansyah Ali as the Chair of the Election Monitoring from the Election Education Network for the People in East Java.

"The agenda for the examination of alleged violations of the election organizer's code of ethics by the DKPP with case number 4-PKE-DKPP/I/2024, the defendant Chairman and Member of the Indonesian KPU, I hereby declare that it is open and open to the public," said Heddy as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, February 28.

Rico as the complainant of the case was present virtually through an online meeting application, while the KPU chairman was present in person along with a number of commissioners, but KPU Commissioner August Mellaz was present virtually.

At the point of his complaint, Rico explained that his complaint was based on a number of reports in the mass media on November 29, 2023, regarding the hacked DPT data.

With the alleged leak, Rico said the defendants violated the accountable principle as stipulated in the provisions of Article 6 Paragraph 2 letter B and Article 6 Paragraph 3 letter f of DKPP Regulation Number 2 of 2017 concerning Election Organizer Code of Ethics.

"I should be worried that my data will also be leaked," said Rico.

Therefore, he asked the DKPP assembly to decide to accept complaints, declare that the defendants violated the code of ethics, and impose sanctions on dismissal of the defendants.

Meanwhile, KPU Commissioner Mochammads Afifudin, who represented the defendant, explained that the KPU immediately carried out mitigation when receiving information on alleged illegal access to data in the Voter Data Information System (Sidalih) application, including by coordinating with the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police to the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN).

"KPU has checked Sidalih and deactivated Sidalih user accounts as an effort to handle the hack further," Afifudin said.