The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Council Concerning Coordination With PPATK: It's Been Many Times, Firli Cases To Extortion Of Detention Centers

Member of the KPK Supervisory Board Syamsuddin Haris. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) ensures coordination with the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) to look for odd transactions has often been carried out. In fact, when investigating the alleged ethical violations that ensnared former KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri and illegal levies (extortion) at the tahanan (rutan) house.

This was conveyed by KPK Supervisory Board member Syamsuddin Haris in response to the report of his colleague, Albertina Ho by the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK, Nurul Ghufron, to the KPK Supervisory Board. The report relates to coordination with the PPATK which is considered to have abused its authority.

"It's been many times, yes (coordination of the KPK Council with PPATK, ed)," said Syamsuddin as quoted on Friday, April 26.

"The case of Mr. FB, the case of extortion in prisons, the KPK Council is coordinating with PPATK," he continued.

"In the process of searching for odd transactions related to the alleged ethics of Firli and the Extortion of the KPK Detention Center, the evidence is that there are findings so that follow-up can be done. And there is no problem," said Syamsuddin.

As previously reported, KPK Deputy Chair Nurul Ghufron reported KPK Supervisory Board member Albertina Ho to the KPK Supervisory Board for allegedly abusing his authority after asking for an analysis of an employee's odd transaction to the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK).

In addition, he also filed a lawsuit with the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN). Albertina personally suspects that the report was submitted because Ghufron stumbled on an ethical violation of abuse of authority related to employee mutations at the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) which will be tried on May 2.

Meanwhile, Ghufron submitted the assessment to the public. He only said that the reporting and lawsuits were made because he saw an ethical violation.

"It's our obligation to enforce ethics by obliging to report it," Ghufron told reporters, Thursday, April 25.

"Every member of the KPK enforces the values of integrity and is asked to report it," continued Ghufron, saying that he had handed over the entire process to the Supervisory Board.