JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) revealed that there had been an increase in the number of public reports submitted to its institution. In semester I/2022, there were 2,173 reports received.
"During semester I/2022 the number of reports received by the KPK PLPM Directorate was 2,173 reports a slight increase compared to the number of reports in the same period in 2021 as many as 2,045 reports," said KPK Deputy for Information and Data Mochammad Hadiyana at a press conference at the Red Building. White KPK, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Friday, August 19.
Furthermore, as many as 2,069 reports have been verified and 104 of them have been directly archived. Hadiyana said the filing was done because the substance of the report was not related to allegations of corruption that could be handled by the KPK.
Then, there were also 1,235 reports that were verified but not forwarded. The reason is that the report does not have supporting evidence such as the requirements in PP 43 of 2018 concerning Community Participation.
In connection with this public report, Deputy Chairperson of the KPK, Nurul Ghufron, said that the KPK had implemented the verification process correctly. The goal is to ensure the correctness of the incoming information.
Only after the information in the report is confirmed is correct, follow-up is carried out. "After it's true, it's not fake, it's not a hoax, it's not fake, then we determine whether what is reported is correct, the report (according to, ed) of the incident, the facts are like that. Is it a criminal act of corruption or not, "said Ghufron.
"If it is a corruption crime, we enrich it and then it is ready to be investigated, submitted to the KPK Investigation Directorate," he continued.
Ghufron ensures that whistleblowers will also be informed about their reports. The KPK, he said, would definitely continue to contact people who submitted corruption reports.
"So first during handling, the verification of the report that we contacted first was definitely the reporter. Then after that, we asked for more detailed information," he said.
"How the progress is then we will definitely report it, convey it, including if it turns out to be close to the locus, then if there is a miss or a difference in information. Surely we will ask the reporter back," concluded Ghufron.
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