KPK ethics board delays announcement of findings

An ethics board established to evaluate and uphold the code of ethics within the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), following allegations made by suspect and former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin that he had made illicit deals with several KPK officials, says it will delay announcing the result of its findings until next month.

Earlier, the committee had said it would declare the results of its two-month investigation on Friday.

One of its seven members, noted Islamic scholar and former Muhammadiyah chairman Ahmad “Buya” Syafii Maarif, asserted that the move was made because of the absence of two KPK leaders today.

“Two of [the KPK leaders] are not here because they are on official trips overseas. There is a possibility that we will announce the result of our investigation by early October. I’d say it might be on October 6,” Maarif said at the KPK headquarters on Friday morning.

Maarif, however, declined to hint at the result.

“I cannot say anything. We basically have come to a conclusion,” he said. “However, this is only a rough draft.”

Nazaruddin accused several KPK officials of meeting with him to discuss maneuvers to influence its corruption investigations. The KPK members Nazaruddin said he had dealings with included KPK deputy chairman Chandra M. Hamzah, enforcement deputy Insp. Gen. Ade Rahardja, spokesman Johan Budi and investigator Adj. Sr. Comr. Roni Samtana.