JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections (Menko KumHAMImipas) Yusril Ihza Mahendra said President Prabowo Subianto was monitoring the case of alleged corruption in the Immigration sector which was being handled by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
Monitoring the case, he said, should be that the president also pays attention to the case of alleged corruption at the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) which is currently being handled by the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung).
"I myself only briefly met the President at the time of the event in Sentul, but I didn't have time to report in detail about this corruption case in the Immigration sector," said Yusril as reported by ANTARA, Friday, June 5.
However, he believes that the Attorney General's Office and the KPK have publicized the problem as widely as possible so that the President has received enough information.
According to him, when corruption cases are handled by the Attorney General's Office, the institution usually provides information directly to the President.
But if the one who handles the KPK, continued Yusril, as an independent institution, the anti-corruption agency does not have the obligation to inform or report it to the President.
However, Yusril believes that the KPK has carried out its duties in eradicating corruption as it should according to the law.
"The president certainly has eyes, has ears that will monitor every incident that occurs in this country," he said.
Previously, the KPK revealed that the Deputy Minister of Immigration and Corrections for the period 2024-2026, Silmy Karim (SK) and seven suspects in the alleged corruption case had collected up to Rp. 145.5 billion from the practice of alleged extortion at the Directorate General of Immigration during 2022-2026.
"At least the value or nominal is IDR 145.5 billion," said KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto at the KPK Red and White Building, Jakarta, Thursday (4/6).
Furthermore, Setyo said that the money from the alleged extortion was obtained by the suspects from foreign nationals, or service bureaus and sponsors who handled the application for a foreigner's residence permit.
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