Ethical Violations Of Lili Pintauli Entered In US Report, KPK: Sanctions Have Been Implemented, Councils Carry Out Their Duties According To Mechanism

Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Lili Pintauli Siregar while undergoing an ethics trial at the KPK Supervisory Board / KPK Public Relations DOK

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) ensures that the KPK Supervisory Board (Dewas) has worked according to the mechanism and professional considerations. Including, when giving sanctions to the Deputy Chair of the KPK, Lili Pintauli Siregar, who violated ethics because he communicated with litigants.

This was conveyed by the Acting Spokesperson for the KPK for Enforcement, Ali Fikri regarding the report from the United States (US) Department of Foreign Affairs. Through the report, Lili Pintauli's ethical violation by communicating with the Mayor of Tanjungabali was mentioned.

"For previous ethical violations, the sanctions have been implemented according to the decision of the KPK Supervisory Board," Ali told VOI, Saturday, April 19.

"The KPK Dewas certainly carries out their duties according to their mechanism and professional considerations as an enforcer of the code of ethics for KPK personnel," he added.

Meanwhile, regarding other alleged ethical violations by Lili, Ali said, the public and other parties were asked to respect the examination process being carried out by the KPK Supervisory Board.

Another alleged ethical violation committed by Lili is that she is said to have received gratification in the form of accommodation and a Mandalika MotoGP ticket from a State-Owned Enterprise (BUMN).

"We invite parties to continue to respect the ongoing examination process at the Dewas. Because evidence and decisions in enforcing ethics at the KPK are the realm of the duties and authority of the Council in accordance with the KPK Law," said Ali.

As previously reported, the United States highlighted the ethical violations committed by KPK Deputy Chair Lili Pintauli Siregar.

Through its report, the country of Uncle Sam said that Lili had been declared to have violated ethics on August 30, 2021 for making contact with litigants at the KPK, namely the former Tanjungbalai Mayor 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 inappropriate 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 English-language report said.

Not only that, the report also mentions the National Insight Test Assessment (TWK) to transfer the status of their employees to 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."