US Human Rights Report Highlights KPK TWK Problems And Ethical Violations Of Lili Pintauli Siregar

JAKARTA - The United States has highlighted a number of human rights violations that have occurred in Indonesia.

One of them relates to the National Insight Test Assessment (TWK) at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and ethical violations by one of the KPK leaders, Lili Pintauli Siregar.

This is highlighted in the report on human rights practices in Indonesia, which was quoted from the website of the US Embassy in Indonesia.

In this report, it is stated that on May 5, 2021, the KPK held a TWK assessment to change the status of their employees to become state civil servants (ASN). However, in the end, 75 employees failed, including a number of seasoned investigators, including those who handled the corruption case of former Social Minister Juliari Peter Batubara and former Maritime Minister Edhy Prabowo.

The employees who did not qualify, still from reports issued by America, were those who often criticized the KPK leadership and changes to the institution's laws.

"NGOs and the media reported that the test was a strategy to fire a number of investigators, including Novel Baswedan, a veteran investigator who successfully imprisoned the Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament and was attacked with hard water by two police officers," the report was quoted in English as saying, Saturday, April 16. .

Regarding this test, the Indonesian Ombudsman on July 15, 2021 has stated that the process of transferring staffing status is maladministration. However, on September 30, 2021, the KPK leadership still fired 57 of the 75 employees who were declared unsuccessful.

Apart from TWK, another thing that was highlighted in the report was the ethical violation committed by the Deputy Chair of the KPK, Lili Pintauli Siregar.

On August 30, 2021, Lili was declared to have violated ethics because she had contact with a litigant at the KPK, namely the former Mayor of Tanjungbalai who was involved in a bribery case. He was judged to have taken advantage of his position and was sentenced to a 40 percent deduction from his basic salary.

"The board ruled that Siregar had improper contact with the subject of the investigation for his own personal gain and imposed a one-year, 40 percent reduction in salary for Siregar for the offence," the report said.

Corruption is one of the highlights in this report, because corruption causes, according to a number of NGOs, to be the cause of human rights violations. Corrupt governments tend to intimidate activists and groups that interfere with their business.

This report has been responded to by the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD, although not specifically per issue written in the report.

In general, Mahfud said, the United States actually violated more human rights than Indonesia. This is based on the Special Procedures Mandate Holders (SPMH).

"Indonesia was reported to have violated human rights 19 times by several elements of society, while the US was reported 76 times in the same period," he told reporters in a written statement on Friday, April 15.

Even so, Mahfud said this report is a form of strengthening the role of civil society. However, he asked all parties to view this report clearly.

"Reports, yes, are normal and good as a form of strengthening the role of installments in society. However, such reports are not necessarily true," concluded the former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court (MK).