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National scene: KPK urged to hire soldiers as investigators
Former advisor to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Abdullah Hehamahua urged the antigraft body to obtain clearance from the Supreme Court to allow it to recruit Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel as investigators
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ormer advisor to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Abdullah Hehamahua urged the antigraft body to obtain clearance from the Supreme Court to allow it to recruit Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel as investigators.
Abdullah said that such a clearance was needed as Law No. 20/2002 on corruption eradication did not give details on where KPK investigators should come from.
'The law does not stipulate if the KPK can recruit investigators from outside of the police force,' he said as quoted by tribunnews.com.
He said that the time was nigh for the KPK to recruit investigators from law enforcement agencies other than the police given its frequent clashes with the institution.
'Once the Supreme Court gives the clearance, the KPK could recruit almost anybody, be they TNI soldiers or common citizens, as its investigators,' he said.
The KPK is currently engaged in a standoff with the police force following its decision to name onetime National Police chief candidate Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan as a suspect in a bribery case.
The police fought back by naming suspended KPK commissioners Bambang Widjojanto and Abraham Samad as suspects in petty criminal cases.
