Ghufron Admits Calling Ministry Of Agriculture Officials To Discuss Employee Transfers After Being Tried For Ethics

Deputy Chairperson Of The KPK Nurul Ghufron/DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has not denied communicating with officials from the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) to discuss employee mutations who are his friend's son-in-law.

This was conveyed by Ghufron after an ethics trial by the KPK Supervisory Board, Tuesday, May 14. He said the communication was made by telephone.

"Yes, that's the name that I emphasized, yes, I called, I called. Am I asking for help which needs to be debated," Ghufron told reporters at the ACLC KPK building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Tuesday, May 14.

Even so, Ghufron said that he did not help with the mutation process from the start. The communication only aims to follow up on the complaints he got regarding the mutation of Ministry of Agriculture employees.

"Once again, everything is because there are complaints, there are complaints, then I will communicate," he said.

"Not from the process, for example, 'I want to mutate, from the start I had contact with Mr. Gufron asking for help', no! At that time, he had mutations, please two years earlier since 2021. Then it was rejected," continued Ghufron.

Ghufron explained that the rejection of this mutation was based on a lack of human resources (HR). However, strangely, the employee was actually accepted by his resignation letter.

"The design that will have the same consequence is that reducing human resources is granted. And it was told to me by his in-laws, which I then communicated to officials at the Ministry of Agriculture," he explained.

As previously reported, the KPK Supervisory Board decided to try the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK, Nurul Ghufron, for allegedly abusing his authority. He is suspected of dealing with the mutation of an employee of the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan). In this alleged ethical violation, the KPK Supervisory Board has pocketed a number of evidences. Including information from related parties, such as former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo. The trial on Tuesday, May 14, was carried out after the KPK Council postponed it because Ghufron was not present on Thursday, May 2. The reason is that he is currently filing a lawsuit at the State Administrative Court (PTUN) because he feels that his ethical violations have expired.