Suspected Of Extortion And Extortion, MAKI Reports Unscrupulous Kemenkumham Officials To The Prosecutor's Office

Boyamin Saiman/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) has reported allegations of illegal levies (extortion) carried out by unscrupulous officials from the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) against employees or officials in detention centers or correctional institutions in Indonesian territory.

"Maki has submitted a public complaint to the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office for alleged extortion and or illegal levies allegedly carried out by GD, a former echelon III of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights," said MAKI Coordinator Boyamin Saiman in Jakarta, Wednesday, June 14.

According to Boyamin, the alleged person who was reported, while serving in echelon III at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, was suspected of carrying out illegal levies in various modes, such as allegedly asking for deposit money from prison/prison officials in Indonesia. some money among echelon IV officials of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.

"The suspect is suspected of carrying out his action by scaring the employees, if they do not follow their wishes, they will be moved to a remote area," said Boyamin.

Another suspicion is that the funds obtained by the suspect were allegedly stored in his own account, his family and his subordinates. The search results in the field found assets belonging to the suspect in the elite Kuningan area, Jakarta, and suspected of having a collection of dozens of firearms at high prices.

"That the alleged illegal levies are in the form of requests for payment of fees for shooting training activities and fees for ceremonial activities that are claimed to be related to official or personal activities," he said.

Another mode, that as an example of other illegal levies, is the alleged request for a sum of money to a prison official or prison official under the pretext of buying fire extinguishers and shooting uniforms, etc.

Boyamin claimed to have included evidence of reporting in the form of evidence of alleged bank account transfers with a value of tens to hundreds of millions of rupiah. This complaint report was filed a month ago in the form of a written report, then complaints about alleged shooting uniforms and others were reported this week along with evidence.

"This complaint report remains on the principle of presumption of innocence, leaving it completely to the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office to carry out investigations and investigations in accordance with applicable legal provisions," said Boyamin.