KPK Claims To Return Ex Investigators To The Police Not Because Of Suspicious Transactions

Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, Jakarta. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that the former Head of the Task Force (Kasatgas) Tri Suhartanto was sent to the National Police, not because of suspicious transactions he had done. The tenure of the Bhayangkara Corps member is claimed to have been completed.

This was conveyed by the Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri in response to Novel Baswedan's statement. The former KPK investigator said that there were former employees suspected of carrying out suspicious transactions of up to Rp300 billion.

"The person concerned returned to the National Police because his term of duty had already ended. So it's not because of other problems at the KPK," Ali told reporters in a written statement, Monday, July 3.

Ali said Tri finished serving at the KPK in February 2023 and is now promoted as the Chief of Police. He has worked at the Deputy for Enforcement and Execution since the end of 2018.

Meanwhile, regarding the alleged suspicious transaction, said Ali, a request for confirmation has been made. "And it was conveyed that it was not true that there was a connection while on duty at the KPK," he said.

From the confirmation, it is known that the billions of rupiah was obtained because Tri has been in business since 2004. He had not joined the KPK at that time.

"Even since 2018 the account in question has also been closed," he said.

Previously, Novel Baswedan revealed that there were suspicious transactions carried out by former anti-corruption commission employees. The value is not kidding, it reaches hundreds of billions of rupiah.

"The transaction value is Rp. 300 billion, and I suspect more, some say it is almost Rp. 1 trillion even," Novel said in a YouTube show quoted on Monday, July 3.

The unnamed employee worked in the era of KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri, said Novel. The former employee used to work as an investigator but had been returned to the Police.

Furthermore, Novel suspects that this employee does not work alone. "It's not logical, because the risk for him, if I wanted to be evil, I would think the risk of being caught is that big, it's over, it's over," he said.

However, this allegation cannot be proven because the employee has returned to the initial agency. Novel said, the Supervisory Board had checked but the results were nil.

"Then resign and pass," he said.