KPK Employees In Extortion Cases Of Detention Centers Can Be Fired Depending On Inspectorate Decision

Head Of KPK News Section Ali Fikri/DOK PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has confirmed that the alleged illegal levies (extortion) of detention centers will continue to be handled outside the decision of the Supervisory Board. The current Inspectorate is in charge of those suspected of being involved.

"The Inspectorate's disciplinary examination. Now, this discipline is the heaviest punishment for dismissal," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri in an Indonesian KPK Instagram show quoted Thursday, February 29.

Ali ensured that the employees would not only receive an apology on Monday, February 26. He said they had just carried out the decision of the KPK Supervisory Board which stated that there had been a serious ethical violation.

"So for dismissal, red) in terms of discipline. So it's not on the side of the KPK Supervisory Board, right," he said

Previously reported, there were 93 employees suspected of being involved in the prison extortion case. This finding was obtained after the KPK Council conducted an inspection.

Of these, 90 KPK employees have been tried ethically. 78 of them have been severely ethically sanctioned, namely being told to apologize directly and openly. After that they will be processed in a disciplined manner.

This sentence has been carried out some time ago. They apologized in front of the Secretary General of the KPK Cahya H. Harefa and the KPK leadership represented by KPK Deputy Chair Alexander Marwata and other structural officials.

Meanwhile, the remaining 12 employees were handed over their sentences to the KPK secretary general because their actions were carried out before the KPK Council was formed. Then, three of them will soon be tried in March.

Then, the KPK also investigated the crime in this case through the Deputy for Enforcement and Execution. There are more than 10 people who have been named as suspects but have not been announced because the administrative process is still being carried out.

In this case, investigators have searched three KPK detention centers. As a result, evidence was found in the form of financial records which were later confiscated and analyzed.