KPK Will Revise Rules For Lower Level Agencies Employees To Report Wealth

Illustration of the KPK. (Amatanews)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will revise the Commission Regulation (Perkom) regarding the rules of the State Administrators Wealth Report (LHKPN) whose derivatives are carried out by agencies and institutions. This step was taken after the assets of officials at the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) became a public spotlight.

"This year we want to revise it," said KPK Deputy for Prevention and Monitoring Pahala Nainggolan to reporters, Friday, March 10.

Pahala said his institution wanted all state administrators, not only those at the top level to report their wealth. The reason is that they are also suspected of participating in fraudulent but undetected practices.

For example, said Pahala, former official of the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance Rafael Alun. It was alleged that he had played before 2011 because his assets were high when he only registered for the first time.

"Well, we see that some of them play functionally with the head of the section who is not obliged to report. RAT, take a look at 2011, he is only obliged to report most of his assets (obtained, ed) before 2011," he said.

If this regulation is realized this year's revision, it is hoped that each agency will immediately expand its obligations to report. They were asked to follow the KPK's example.

"At the KPK, the driver was told to fill in the LHKPN. That's an expansion," he said.

As previously reported, Rafael Alun was in the spotlight because he had assets of up to Rp56 billion. This asset is considered unnatural and the KPK has clarified it.

From the results of this clarification, the KPK finally decided to conduct an investigation into where it came from. Rafael's assets will be investigated, especially those that are not included in the LHKPN.

Apart from Rafael, there are also other Ministry of Finance officials, such as the former Head of Yogyakarta Customs, Eko Darmanto, who has also been questioned by the KPK regarding his wealth. The reason is that he has debts of up to IDR 9 billion which are apparently caused by his efforts.

Then, next week the KPK will summon two other officials, namely the Head of Makassar Customs and Hi Pramono because his wealth has been highlighted by netizens and the Head of East Jakarta KPP Wahono Saputro whose wife also owns shares in the Rafael Alun company.