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Govt delays formation of National Police's anti-graft squad
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Security talk: Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto (center) speaks at a Sept. 13 hearing at the House of Representatives. (Antara/Puspa Perwitasari)
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he government has delayed the establishment of the National Police’s special anticorruption detachment because of the limited time it has to create such a body this year, the top security minister has said.
“We just have so little time, as the 2018 State Budget will soon be enacted. Hence, we have decided to discuss the establishment of the National Police’s special anticorruption detachment,” Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto said on Tuesday, after a limited Cabinet meeting with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla.
An earlier report said that the police had requested a budgetary allocation of Rp 2.6 trillion (US$192.18 million) to create the new squad.
Wiranto explained further that the formation of a new police detachment should have the permission of the Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Ministry and the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), which deal respectively with organizational structure and law enforcement coordination.
Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Asman Abnur said the new detachment would integrate the function of the National Police's anticorruption division and related regional police units. Currently, police investigations of corruption cases are conducted separately at each level, with no coordination between national and regional police.
“The special detachment will optimize the work of the National Police's anticorruption division. The National Police will be the center of anticorruption investigations, supported by regional police,” Asman said. (ebf)
