It Turns Out That Allegations Of Extortion Were Found By The KPK Council At The Red And White House Branch Detention Center

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that allegations of illegal levies were found at the Red and White building branch of the Detention Center (Rutan). Initially, this finding was obtained by the KPK Supervisory Board.

"Yesterday it was suspected that it was at the KPK's Red and White Detention Center," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, June 20.

The KPK confirmed that the alleged corruption would be investigated. Including the purpose of receiving the money.

Furthermore, system improvements are carried out to prevent extortion from happening again in the future. So that incidents like this no longer happen.

"Of course, our system improvements will do potential things in other branch detention centers," he said.

As previously reported, the KPK Supervisory Board found allegations of illegal levies at the KPK Detention Center. The value is fantastic, reaching billions of rupiah and carried out for five months.

"The provisional amount that we have obtained, in the period December 2021-March 2022, is IDR 4 billion," said KPK Supervisory Board member Albertina Ho at a press conference at the KPK C1 building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Monday, June 19.

The amount of money quoted from these detainees can still increase, said Albertina. "It is known that the levy was made in the form of cash deposits, all of which use a third account, and so on," he said," he said.