Prosecutors Suspected Of Extorting Witnesses Called KPK Leaders Pretexted Rp3 Billion From Selling Houses

Deputy Chairperson Of The KPK Alexander Marwata/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Alexander Marwata said the prosecutor with the initials TIN who was suspected of extorting witnesses had been clarified. As a result, Rp3 billion was claimed to be the result of selling property.

"It has been clarified and the person concerned said this money was the result of the sale of his house," Alexander told reporters at the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, April 2.

Alexander explained that so far no party has complained about the giving of TIN which has been returned to the Attorney General's Office. However, the KPK will again clarify by looking at the state administrators' assets reports (LHKPN).

"From the LHKPN, he will ask for transaction data in the banking sector, right, that's all at the KPK. He gave the KPK the power to open his account, his family, his wife, children like that," he said.

Alexander ensured that the KPK would coordinate with the Attorney General's Office to find out the truth of this information. Moreover, the leadership was not informed from the start by the KPK Supervisory Board regarding the alleged extortion carried out by TIN because the official memorandum was addressed directly to the Deputy for Enforcement and Execution and the Deputy for Prevention of the KPK.

In addition, this coordination was also carried out because TIN had been working in its original agency for more than a month after serving at the KPK.

"We will definitely communicate, especially since the person concerned actually has a return letter because it has been more than ten years. We will definitely coordinate," said the leader with the judge's background.

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.