Alleged Intelligence Operations In TWK KPK Employees Appear, Attorneys For 75 Employees: Not All Experience Profiling

Illustration-KPK Building (Photo: Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - Director of the Indonesian Legal Institution Foundation (YLBHI) Asfinawati said the alleged intelligence operation in the National Insight Test Assessment (TWK) process for employees of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was indeed strong.

Moreover, not all employees of the anti-corruption commission were subjected to profiling by the party cooperating with the State Civil Service Agency (BKN) during the TWK. The agencies that BKN cooperated with in the process of transferring the status of KP employees were the Army Psychology Service, the Army Intelligence Center, the Strategic Intelligence Agency (BAIS TNI), the State Intelligence Agency (BIN), and the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT).

"From the process, it is clear that this allegation (intelligence operation, ed) (because, ed) not all TWK participants are subjected to profiling, which means it is discriminatory," Asfin told reporters, Friday, June 25.

The attorney for 75 employees who were declared not to have passed the TWK also assessed that the action was initiated by the KPK leadership. Moreover, so far they have mentioned the Corruption Eradication Commission Regulation (Perkom) as the basis for the implementation of the test.

"The legal basis for TWK is Perkom, meaning that everything is under the leadership of the KPK," he said.

Previously, KPK senior investigator Novel Baswedan suspected that the National Insight Test Assessment (TWK) was an intelligence operation to get rid of employees with integrity. Moreover, in the process there were many irregularities and the results of the TWK were referred to as state secrets so they could not be disclosed.

"There are so many problematic things and the irregularities are very obvious. And if it is said that this is a state secret or secret, the question is. If this is an intelligence operation," Novel said in an online discussion held Thursday, June 24.

As for the confidentiality of the TWK results, the Head of the State Civil Service Agency (BKN) Bima Haria Wibisana after being examined by Komnas HAM on Tuesday, June 22. He said that from the beginning his institution did not have the test results of each KPK employee.

The reason is that all institutions involved in the TWK process provide it in accumulation. The data is in the Army Psychology Service and the National Counter-Terrorism Agency (BNPT) and is confidential or cannot be made public indiscriminately.

Returning to Novel, he then questioned who had ordered that dozens of employees who had worked professionally be fired from the KPK. Given, the test is a requirement for the transfer of employee status to a State Civil Apparatus (ASN).

Novel also questioned the in-depth profiling of KPK employees, even going to the residences of a number of employees. According to him, in the various assessments he has participated in there has never been any profiling like the TWK process.

Thus, these investigators suspect that the removal of KPK employees, especially those who are investigating major cases, is an intelligence operation.

"I am worried (this, red) that Kong Kalikong is extraordinary. If it is indeed an intelligence operation, then is it permissible for an intelligence operation to be carried out to get rid of people who are working well? This is dangerous and I don't think this should be allowed," he said.