NGANJUK - President Prabowo Subianto delivered a stern warning to law enforcement officials when he inaugurated the Marsinah Museum in Nganjuk, East Java, Saturday, May 16, 2026. He asked the police, army, prosecutor's office, and all state officials to cleanse themselves of the practice of backing corruption.
Prabowo said that state officials were financed by the people. Therefore, the authorities should not use their authority to suppress the people or protect the interests of certain parties.
"All the officers must improve themselves, must clean themselves. Must be brave to correct," said Prabowo.
He openly alluded to the practice of backing smuggling, drugs, and illegal activities. According to the President, the police are a threat when they are behind a violation of the law.
"Don't be the police behind the irregularities, the police who back the irregularities, back the smuggling, back the drugs," he said.
Prabowo associated the warning with the Marsinah tragedy. He said the murder of the female worker showed how the police had been used for the interests of certain financiers.
"Today I just realized, I just understand, the police, the apparatus are used by certain capitalists. This culture must not be continued," he said.
Prabowo also emphasized that the court should be the last place for small people to seek justice. Therefore, judges must be clean, fair, and not subject to power.
He said the government had raised judges' salaries to strengthen the dignity of the judiciary. However, income improvements must be followed by integrity.
According to Prabowo, all legal institutions must still be corrected. He asked the prosecutor's office, police, TNI, and other institutions to eliminate corruption from their respective bodies.
"I don't want to hear anymore that there are officers who don't uphold the law, justice, and truth," said the President.
He emphasized that the police should desperately defend the people, not oppress the people. This message, became an important part of the inauguration of the Marsinah Museum.
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