KPK Reminds Law To Poor Corruptors

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that impoverishing corruptors to provide a deterrent effect is indeed the hope of everyone. However, this method cannot be maximized without any regulated laws.

"This form of impoverishment certainly needs to be made by law," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika to reporters quoted on Thursday, April 10.

"What will the law take in shape, we also need to have discussions from the side of law enforcement, in this case it is judicial, executive, and of course legislative," continued the spokesman with the investigator's background.

Meanwhile, regarding President Prabowo Subianto's statement to provide justice for corruptors' children and wives when confiscating assets, Tessa did not want to talk much. He only said that law enforcers must have seen where the goods came from.

"If there are things that his family enjoys and it is known that there is a mechanism in the Money Laundering Act. If I'm not mistaken, Article 5," he explained.

President Prabowo Subianto stated that the state would definitely confiscate assets belonging to perpetrators of corruption in the country. However, justice must still be given to his family.

He conveyed this when interviewed by seven editor-in-chief at his residence in Hambalang, Bogor, West Java on Sunday, April 6. Initially, Prabowo said the results of stealing corruptors had to be returned.

"I think like this, return what you stole! The state losses he caused must be returned, so the assets he owns deserve the state to confiscate," Prabowo was quoted as saying in a statement shared by the Prabowo Media Team, Monday, April 7.

However, the children and wives of the corruptors still have to get justice. Because it could be, the assets they have were not from the proceeds of stealing people's money.

"We have to be fair to his wife and children, for example, if there are assets that already have them before he takes office, whether it is fair for us to confiscate them," he said.

"How will it be with the child, is it possible for parents to be passed on to their children? Later the legal experts will discuss it," continued the former Minister of Defense.