Had Delayed, Johanis Ethics Trial Will Be Held Again Today

JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will again hear the ethics of the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Johanis Tanak today, Thursday, July 27. This trial was held after he was suspected of communicating with the Acting Director General of Mineral and Coal of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Idris Froyoto Siites.

"It's still the same (schedule, ed)," said KPK Supervisory Board member Syamsuddin Haris to reporters, Thursday, July 27.

This ethics trial will be held at 09.00 WIB. Syamsuddin said this activity would be closed and Johanis had been notified.

"It's been (sent a letter, ed)," he said.

Previously, Johanis was tried on Monday, July 24 but was postponed. The reason is that he is on leave and only returned on Wednesday, July 26.

This trial was conducted because Johanis and Idris' conversation was spread on social media. There are several screenshots uploaded by the account containing discussions about work and there are sentences 'behind the screen'.

It didn't stop there, there was a conversation that turned out to be discussing a Mining Business License (IUP). Responding to this, Johanis Tanak said the conversation took place before he was appointed as a leader.

He admitted that he was already friends with Idris when he was still together at the Prosecutor's Office. Johanis also admitted that he did not know that his interlocutor had become the Acting Director General of Mineral and Coal because previously he served as Head of Legal Bureau at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

"I contacted him because I was just before retirement, how many months left for me to retire. If I continue to retire, what should I do, so how can there be new activities," said Tanak when contacted by VOI, Wednesday, April 12 evening.