KPK Transfers Employees Because Of Extortion, Why?

Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri told reporters at the KPK's Red and White Building, Jakarta (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) transferred its employees after the illegal levies (extortion) scandal at the detention center it manages was revealed. Rotation was carried out as an effort to improve. "The KPK also immediately rotated several employees of the KPK branch detention center to facilitate investigations by KPK investigators," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, Tuesday, June 20. It is hoped that this kind of action will not happen again. "We hope that this kind of action will not happen again as a repair of the management system at the KPK detention center," he said. Previously, the KPK Supervisory Board found allegations of illegal levies at the KPK Detention Center. Its value is fantastic to reach billions of rupiah and is carried out for five months.

"The provisional amount that we have obtained, in the period December 2021-March 2022, is IDR 4 billion," said KPK Supervisory Board member Albertina Ho in a press conference at the KPK C1 building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Monday, June 19. The amount of money quoted from these detainees can still increase, said Albertina. "It is known that the levy was made in the form of cash deposits, all of which use a third account, and so on," he said," he said.