JAKARTA - KPK Chairman Agus Rahardjo responded to the polemic over the existence of regional heads who have accounts at casinos abroad. He admitted that he already knew about the findings of the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) and said the subordinates of one of the regional heads had the status of a suspect in the KPK.
"There are cases being handled. So it seems his men are already suspects at the KPK," said Agus to reporters at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, December 17, adding that there was a possibility that the case was investigated in the direction of the casino's account.
Agus, who will leave his post on December 20, said that the government has certainly detected any regional heads who have casino accounts abroad.
However, he hopes the government can follow up on the findings of the PPATK. "Yes, hopefully there will be synergistic steps (from the government)," he said.
Even though he said that the regional head's subordinates were already suspects at the KPK, Agus did not elaborate on who the regional head was or where he came from. In addition, as the head of an anti-corruption agency, he said that the KPK actually had the right to enter into investigations.
This is because Agus suspects that there is quite a large deviation in state funds in the discovery of the regional head's account at the casino. "The value (deviation) is quite large and I think it's not only there," he stressed.
Saut defends the criticized PPATK
PPATK's findings regarding the presence of regional heads who have casino accounts abroad and which have been conveyed to the public have been criticized by a number of parties. However, KPK Deputy Chairman Saut Situmorang actually defended the institution.
Saut said that what PPATK had done was correct. This is because, through the statement of the Chairman of PPATK, Kiagus Badaruddin, this institution is actually teasing regional heads who allegedly have casino accounts.
"What Pak Badar said was correct. He reminded me to stop, it's useless, instead of losing the country, he said there was no prevention," Saut told reporters at the same place, Tuesday, December 17.
In addition, he emphasized that what Badar had said was correct by not mentioning the name of the regional head who owned the account. Given that the data is intelligence data. "It is not allowed (to be conveyed in general). That is intelligent information," said Saut.
He also said that what was conveyed by the PPATK should be a reminder. This is because it turns out that there is a new mode of hiding the potential for corruption among state administrators.
Not only that, what was conveyed by the institution regarding the existence of a regional head's account at a casino also indicated that corruption prevention was not running optimally.
"So what Pak Badar said was more to remind that there is a new mode. You have to be aware," he concluded.
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