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View all search resultsKPK urged to take control of Budi Gunawan case
The Anticorruption Society Coalition has called on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to take over the Comr
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he Anticorruption Society Coalition has called on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to take over the Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan case from the police, given fresh fears the case will be dropped.
'We call on the police to return Budi's dossier to the KPK,' Miko Ginting, a member of the coalition, said in a press conference here on Wednesday.
He slammed acting KPK chairman Taufiequrachman Ruki, who following his recent appointment as acting KPK chairman, handed the case to the Attorney General's Office (AGO), which later gave it to the police.
He said the case would likely be dropped because the dossier was handled by police investigator Victor who was Budi's subordinate when Budi was chief of the police's education division.
'The acting KPK chairman raised a white flag after the South Jakarta District Court invalidated Budi's suspect status. This is a mistake because the submission by the KPK of Budi's dossier to the AGO had no legal basis and therefore it was against the law,' he said.
He added that the KPK should be held responsible for submitting Budi's case to the police.
Another coalition member, Erasmus Napitupulu, was of the same opinion and said President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo should sack Ruki because his actions ran counter to the anticorruption movement.
'We call on the President to recruit professionals with high integrity to fill strategic positions, including KPK posts,' he said as quoted by kompas.com. (rms)(++++)
