ICW: Throughout 2020, The Implementation Of Money Laundering For Corruptors Was Minimal

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JAKARTA - Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) said that the implementation of the Money Laundering Law (TPPU) by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Attorney General's Office was minimal.

ICW researcher Kurnia Ramadhana said, of the thousands of defendants at the KPK and the prosecutor's office, only tens of people were subject to the article of money laundering.

"Throughout 2020, a total of 1.298 defendants, both the KPK and the prosecutor's office, have just used the money laundering crime (TPPU) Law against 20 people", said Kurnia in an online press conference entitled 'Report on the Results of Monitoring of Corruption Cases in 2020: Rampant Corruptors, Punishment Doesn't Give a Deterrent Effect' in Friends of ICW's Facebook page, Monday, March 22.

In fact, of the 20 cases of money laundering crime application, the KPK only applied money laundering against two corruptors, namely the former President Director of PT Garuda Indonesia Emirsyah Satar and former Managing Director of PT Mugi Rekso Abadi (MRA) Soetikno Soedarjo.

Meanwhile, the Attorney General's Office mostly applies TPPU, including the suspects in the Jiwasraya corruption case, Benny Tjokrosaputro and Heru Hidayat.

"In fact, this regulation is seen as an entry point to impoverish corruptors", he said.

Furthermore, Kurnia said, the application of this TPPU could actually be carried out against corruptors. Moreover, the perpetrators of this crime often hide the proceeds of their crimes.

"Therefore, when this is done, the elements as regulated in Article 3, Article 4, Article 5 of the TPPU Law can automatically be fulfilled", he said.

It's just that, this has not been done because of law enforcement in Indonesia. Because, until now they prefer to apply retributive punishment theory to restorative concept.