JAKARTA - Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) Coordinator Boyamin Saiman asked the Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to check the mobile phones of five KPK leaders.
This request was conveyed by Boyamin after being examined by the KPK Supervisory Board as a reporter of alleged ethical violations related to the transfer of the status of detention of the former Minister of Religion (Menag) Yaqut Cholil Qoumas. The examination of the cellphone is important to check who the party is trying to intervene in the detention.
"My proposal to Dewas is to ask for the readiness of the KPK leadership's mobile phone, at that time, on the 16th, 17th, 18th to the 22nd. Chatting with anyone and what the content is," Boyamin told reporters at the KPK Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Monday, April 20.
Boyamin said that this request should be fulfilled by the KPK leadership. "If they are clean, they will definitely hand it over," he said.
"There are one or two I am sure will be willing to provide, maybe others will not provide, well, that means an indication," he continued.
Boyamin said that the Dewas KPK was responsive in handling the reported alleged ethical violations. This is because he has been asked for information as a reporter.
Boyamin also urged the Dewas KPK to impose a salary cut sanction against the five leaders. "At least 5 percent," he said.
According to Boyamin, the request was only submitted to the leaders, not to the Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu and KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo.
"If it is against Mr. Asep and Mr. Jubir, it is not because they are actually just carrying out orders," he said.
As previously reported, former Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas had been under house arrest since Thursday, March 19. The transfer of the status of detention was carried out after there was a request from the family on March 17 or five days after the detention on Thursday, March 12.
The KPK claims that the change in status from prison detention to house arrest has been reviewed and is in accordance with Article 108 paragraph (1) and (11) of Law Number 20 of 2025 concerning the Criminal Procedure Code.
Article 108 paragraph (11) regulates that the transfer of type of detention can be carried out based on an investigation order which is given to the suspect, the suspect's family, and the interested parties.
After the polemics, the KPK again detained Yaqut at the Red and White KPK Branch Detention Center on Tuesday, March 24. This process began with a health examination first at Bhayangkara Hospital Tk. I. R. Said Sukanto, East Jakarta on Monday, March 23.
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