Today, Nurul Ghufron Will Be Tried For Ethics Regarding Allegations Of Authority Abuse

Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Nurul Ghufron (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Nurul Ghufron will be tried ethically today, Wednesday, May 2. He is suspected of abusing his authority because he communicated with the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) regarding the mutation of an employee.

"The trial is on schedule. Thursday, May 2 at 09.30 WIB," said KPK Supervisory Board member Syamsuddin Haris to reporters quoted on Thursday, May 2.

Syamsuddin has not detailed the matter of the trial. However, usually the activities will be carried out behind closed doors and the results will only be conveyed openly.

Meanwhile, KPK Council Member Albertina Ho said there were a number of witnesses who would be questioned in the ethics trial. One of them, former Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture Kasdi.

"Yes, witnesses (will be summoned on May 2, ed)," said Albertina at the ACLC KPK building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Tuesday, April 30.

Albertina ensured that this trial would not be affected by the reporting against her by Ghufron to the KPK Council and the prosecution of the KPK Council to the State Administrative Court (PTUN).

"If he doesn't come, the panel will negotiate what it will be like (he will follow up, ed)," he said.

As previously reported, the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK, Nurul Ghufron, will be tried for ethics because he is suspected of communicating with the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) regarding employee mutations. The KPK Council decided that the trial was held because it had a number of evidences, including information from related parties such as former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo.

Meanwhile, Ghufron reported KPK Council Member Albertina Ho to the KPK Supervisory Board in the midst of investigating the alleged ethical violation. He also sued the KPK Supervisory Board to the State Administrative Court (PTUN).

The report against Albertina was carried out because he coordinated with the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) to investigate allegations of ethical violations by the prosecutor with the initials IT who extorted judges of up to Rp3 billion. Meanwhile, the lawsuit to the Administrative Court was filed because the KPK Council was deemed not entitled to investigate the alleged ethics because it had expired.