JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board (Dewas) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned two Deputy Chairmen of the KPK Alexander Marwata and Johanis Tanak today, Monday, October 30.
They were summoned to investigate alleged ethical violations related to the meeting of KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri and former Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo.
"It is scheduled for Mr. Tanak and Mr. Alex," said KPK Supervisory Board member Albertina Ho to reporters quoted Monday, October 30.
Albertina did not talk about the exact time of the second summons. However, this is a reschedule because they were previously unable to attend.
Previously, the five leaders of the anti-corruption commission should have been summoned on Friday, October 27. However, only the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK, Nurul Ghufron, answered the summons.
The KPK Supervisory Board at that time revealed that Johanis Tanak and Alexander Marwata were on duty. Meanwhile Nawawi Pomolango is sick.
Meanwhile, KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri asked for a reschedule on November 8. It is not clear what the reason was, but the Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri said the former Deputy for Enforcement was in his office taking care of a number of work.
The alleged meeting between Firli-Syahrul emerged amid the investigation into alleged corruption at the Ministry of Agriculture after photos were spread. The report to the KPK Supervisory Board was submitted by the Law Concerned Student Committee.
In the corruption case handled by the KPK, Syahrul is suspected of extorting his employees by requiring to pay deposits every month with the help of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture Kasdi Subagyono and the Director of Agricultural Equipment of the Ministry of Agriculture Muhammad Hatta. The nominal set by Syahrul and must be deposited by echelon I-II employees is around 4,000-10,000 US dollars.
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It is believed that the money collected does not only come from the realization of the Ministry of Agriculture's budget inflated or mark-ups but from vendors working on projects. The money is given in cash, transfers or goods.
The KPK then suspected that the money Syahrul received was used for various personal interests. Starting from Umrah with other Ministry of Agriculture employees, buying cars, repairing houses to flowing to the NasDem Party with a value of up to billions of rupiah.
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