KPK Investigators Hand Over Ethics Trial Pledoi, WP: There Are Efforts To Stop Social Assistance Investigations

KPK Building. (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the KPK Employee Forum, Yudi Purnomo, said that two KPK investigators, namely MNP and MPN, submitted a memorandum of defense or plea for reports of alleged ethical violations to the KPK Supervisory Board.

It is known, MNP and MPN are two investigators who are examining cases of corruption in social assistance (bansos). However, they were reported for alleged ethical violations while investigating the case.

Based on the confessions of the two investigators, Yudi said the two had not committed arbitrary acts. This is reinforced by evidence, witnesses, and expert testimony during the ethics trial.

"Everything that investigators do in the search and examination process is still in accordance with applicable regulations. In addition, investigators' actions are part of a strategy to be able to uncover serious crimes that occurred in cases of alleged corruption in social assistance COVID 19," said Yudi in his statement, Saturday, June 25.

In the facts of the trial, according to Yudi, it was proven that the investigation process was completely based on the due process of law without any acts of violence and the use of physical approaches.

"Investigators have never touched, abused, or carried out arbitrary actions against witnesses," he said.

Yudi suspects that the reporting of the code of ethics to the two investigators of the social assistance case is aimed at preventing the investigation of the social assistance procurement case from being exposed to its roots.

Moreover, the reporter is Agustri Yogasmara alias Yogas. The name Yogas is actually often mentioned in the social assistance bribery case as the operator of a member of the DPR RI, namely Ihsan Yunus.

This report was made because two investigators were accused of committing unpleasant acts during the search and examination of witnesses, namely Yogas himself.

"The party who reported the two investigators is Agustri Yogaswara who is suspected of being involved in the case they are handling. The Ethics Judge cannot simply abandon Agustri Yogaswara's role in this case," Yudi explained.

Therefore, Yudi hopes that the judges of the ethics committee of the KPK Council will make wise and wise decisions.

"This is to avoid various efforts to weaken the investigation efforts carried out by the KPK, especially in strategic cases related to the lives of people who are experiencing a pandemic," he concluded.