The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Council Imposes Sanctions To Apologize Openly To Three Controllers Of Detentional Extortion

BETWEEN PHOTOs/Indrianto Eko Suwarso

JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) imposed severe sanctions on three anti-corruption agency employees who were controlling the illegal levies case at the KPK branch of the State Detention Center (Rutan).

The three controllers are the Head of the KPK Detention Center Achmad Fauzi, the Acting Head of the KPK Detention Center for the 2020-2021 Ristanta period, and the KPK Detention Center Security and Order Coordinator Hadi.

"Imposing severe sanctions on the examinee in the form of an open apology directly," said KPK Dewas Chairman Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, March 27.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Council stated that the examinees were proven to have violated the Council's Regulation by abusing their authority in carrying out their duties as KPK personnel.

"It is legally and convincingly proven to have committed acts of abuse of office or authority, including abusing the influence as a member of the commission, both in carrying out personal duties and interests and/or groups as stipulated in Article 4 paragraph 2 letter B of the Supervisory Board Regulation Number 3 of 2021," said Tumpak.

In the code of ethics trial, Dewas KPK also recommended that the three KPK employees be subject to disciplinary punishment.

"Recommending personnel guidance officials to carry out inspections for the imposition of disciplinary penalties to the examinee in accordance with applicable laws and regulations," he said.

Previously, the KPK investigating team had named Ristanta, Achmad Fauzi, and Sopian Hadi along with 12 other KPK employees as suspects in extortion cases at the KPK branch detention center.

A total of 15 employees who are suspects are currently undergoing detention at the Polda Metro Jaya detention center.

The suspects are known to provide exclusive facilities in the form of accelerating the isolation period, using cell phones and power banks, to inspection information.

The amount of money to get the service varies and is pegged from Rp. 300 thousand to Rp. 20 million which is then deposited in cash or through a holding bank account.

The 2019-2023 time range, the amount of money received by the suspects is around Rp. 6.3 billion and will still be investigated and re-investigated, both the flow of money and its use.

For their actions, the suspects were charged with Article 12 letter e of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the eradication of criminal acts of corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code.