10 KPK Prosecutors Withdrawn By AGO, Former Spokesperson Ali Fikri Is One Of Them

Prospective KPK leader Johanis Tanak underwent a fit and proper test in the DPR Commission III room, Jakarta, Thursday 12 September 2019. (ANTARA-Nova W)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Johanis Tanak confirmed that 10 senior prosecutors were asked to go home by the Attorney General's Office. He said this request was due because their tenure in the anti-corruption commission had been completed. "“Betul, because they are not definitive employees at the KPK and their term of agreement has been completed," Johanis said when confirmed by VOI, Monday, August 5. Johanis then agreed that one of the returned was the former KPK spokesman for prosecution Ali Fikri. “ As far as I know so, ” he said. Johanis said that after the senior prosecutor is returned, usually they will get a promotion. “ It could be Kajari, Assistant, Deputy High Prosecutor, Head of the High Prosecutor's Office, Secretary to the Deputy Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General,” he said. He also ensured that the prosecution process at the KPK would not be disrupted. “ KPK can ask the Attorney General for more (there is a prosecutor, ed),” said Tanak. As previously reported, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) said that 10 senior prosecutors who were asked to go home had served for a long time at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). The Adhyaksa Corps argued that the move was taken as a form of refreshment. "It is true that there were 10 prosecutors who were asked to return to the Prosecutor's Office but did not suddenly. Indeed, it has entered the refresh program because they have served an average of 10 to 12 years on duty,” said the Head of the Attorney General's Office, Harli Siregar, when confirmed by reporters, Monday, August 5. This request, continued Harli, was carried out not related to certain cases being handled by the anti-corruption commission. He said this refresher was normal to do. "“ It has nothing to do with case handling, it is firm," he said.

Later, the AGO will send other prosecutors to the KPK to carry out the prosecution process. “ The mechanism will be done as before, ” said Harli.