KPK: 95 Inaccurate LHKPN Messages After Examining Details

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JAKARTA - Deputy for Prevention and Monitoring of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Pahala Nainggolan said that 95 percent of State Administrators Wealth Reports (LHKPN) submitted in the 2018-2020 period were inaccurate.

This figure, said Pahala, was obtained after the KPK further examined the reports submitted by 1,665 state officials.

"It turns out that 95 percent of the LHKPN that we carried out detailed examination of the truth of the contents were not accurate in general," Pahala said in an online discussion broadcast on the Indonesian KPK YouTube, Tuesday, September 7.

He then explained that the LHKPN inaccuracies occurred because there were state officials who intentionally did not report their assets in the form of land, buildings, bank accounts, or other investments.

Not only that, it was found that there were assets reports that were odd and different from banking account transactions when the KPK checked. He gave an example if the income statement of 1 rupiah should be in the bank if one rupiah comes in and half a rupiah goes out.

"But I don't report income of 1 rupiah, but I constantly record earning 100, 150 or 250 rupiah. So 15 percent of the 95 shows a profile that doesn't fit with financial data," he said.

Previously, KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri asked state officials to routinely report their LHKPN. Moreover, many people have been misguided if reports are only made when they are about to take office and after their term of office is finished.

In addition, the former Deputy for Enforcement of the Corruption Eradication Commission also mentioned the low level of compliance of members of the DPR RI in reporting LHKPN. He said that as of September 6 yesterday, only 58 percent of legislators had submitted reports to the anti-corruption commission, a decrease compared to 74 percent in the previous period.

In fact, said Firli, reporting assets is a form of responsibility of legislators to their voters as well as a way to control themselves from corrupt practices.