2 Medium Sanctions For Its Employees, KPK Affirms No Tolerance For Ethical Violators

Ali Fikri/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Acting Spokesman for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, emphasized that there is zero tolerance for perpetrators of ethical violations in his institution.

This was conveyed in response to the KPK Supervisory Board's decision to impose sanctions on two employees, namely SK and DW who were found guilty of infidelity.

"Sanctions and punishments given to employees who violate these are a form of KPK's zero tolerance for actions that violate the code of ethics," said Ali in a written statement, Wednesday, April 6.

Ali asked all parties to respect the ethical enforcement process. Not only that, the KPK will always be transparent and try to enforce the code of ethics.

"KPK invites all parties to respect the process and its decisions, as well as learn lessons for our collective improvement in the future," he said.

"We also continue to be committed to upholding the principle of transparency in the enforcement of this code of ethics," he added.

As previously reported, SK and DW, who are KPK employees, were given ethical sanctions by the KPK Supervisory Board. The two were proven to be having an affair.

At the KPK, SK works as an admin while DW is a prosecutor. In an excerpt of the ethics decision of the KPK Council, the investigation of this ethical violation occurred after SK's husband reported it.

Both were found guilty of violating the code of ethics and code of conduct as regulated in Article 4 Paragraph (1) letter n of Supervisory Board Regulation Number 02 of 2020 concerning Enforcement of the KPK Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct.

For their actions, both of them were then punished with moderate sanctions in the form of an indirect open apology.

Then, the KPK Supervisory Board also recommended that the staffing officer conduct an examination of the SK and DW so that disciplinary penalties can be imposed.

The chairman of the Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean Council, Indriyanto Seno Adji, and Syamsuddin Haris made this decision on March 7 last.