Brigadier General Asep Guntur Will Submit A Letter Of Resignation From The KPK

KPK Director of Investigation Brigadier General Asep Guntur Rahayu. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confirmed that Brigadier General Asep Guntur would resign from the position of Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution and Director of Investigation. The letter will be submitted to the leadership in the near future.

"That's right, the information we received was that the person concerned (Asep Guntur) would submit the letter in question to the leadership," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters, Monday, July 31.

Asep is known to have planned to resign after the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Johanis Tanak apologized publicly for the polemic of a hand arrest operation (OTT) at the National SAR Agency (Basarnas). The reason is that they named the Head of Basarnas Marshal Henri Alfiandi together with the Kabasarnas Administration Coordinator Lt. Col. Afri Budi Cahyanto as a suspect without following military regulations, causing a commotion.

Returning to Ali, he said, Asep's request still had to be discussed first after the letter came in. "Is the request accepted or rejected," he said.

Moreover, from the start there was no head of the anti-corruption commission who blamed the silent operation team. Everyone agreed that their work was in accordance with the rules.

"The leadership fully supports the steps and efforts that have been made by the investigative team and investigators in the series of processes for handling alleged corruption in the Basarnas," said Ali.

As previously reported, the Basarnas OTT polemic emerged after the TNI Puspom expressed objections when the KPK appointed Henri together with the Kabasarnas Administrative Coordinator (Koorsmin) Lt. Col. Afri Budi Cahyanto as a suspect. This step is considered to have violated military regulations.

Furthermore, Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Johanis Tanak apologized for the determination. He said investigators and investigators made a mistake.

Meanwhile, Henri was named a suspect in the aftermath of a hand arrest operation (OTT) in Cilangkap, Jakarta and Jatisampurna, Bekasi on Tuesday, July 24.

He is suspected of having earned a fee or what is called a'Commandal fund' of up to Rp. 88.3 billion. The money was pocketed by a private party who wanted to work on projects at his institution from 2021-2023 through Koorsmin Kabasarnas Afri Budi Cahyanto.