Prosecutors Reported To Extort Rp3M Witness Returned To The Prosecutor's Office

Illustrration of bribery (ANTARA)

Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Johanis Tanak said the prosecutor who was complained about extorting witnesses of up to Rp. 3 billion had returned to the Attorney General's Office. However, he did not specify the repatriation.

"Yes, he has been returned to the AGO," Johanis said as quoted on Monday, April 1.

Johanis did not mention when the prosecutor with the initials TIN was sent home. He only said the repatriation was due to his tenure.

"It's been 10 years (TIN, ed) (worked, ed) at the KPK," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the KPK News Section, Ali Fikri, said that checking the extortion information would be carried out. The institution will ask the KPK Supervisory Board.

"We will immediately check the existence of the complaint and the results of the entire follow-up process at the KPK Council," said Ali in a written statement.

"Let us continue to respect the ongoing process, both in the Council, prosecution and deputy prevention by not leading other opinions because this information is still a complaint that must be proven the truth of its substance," he continued.

Previously reported, the KPK has also handled a number of its employees who have problems. Among them, 15 people have been detained for carrying out illegal levies at the KPK Detention Center (Rutan).

Of the dozens of people, one of the entangled was the Head of the KPK Detention Center (Karutan) Achmad Fauzi. They allegedly managed to collect money from detainees up to Rp6.3 billion from 2019-2023.