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Sacked KPK staff to fight dismissal in court
Fifty-seven KPK staff were fired after being told they had failed a civil service exam, the results of which they said have been withheld. The Ombudsman and human rights commission suspected maladministration and the KPK has defended the exam.
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Senior Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan (right) walks after reporting the antigraft body leaders to the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on May 24, 2021. The employees reported the KPK commisioners pertaining to the controversial civic knowledge test for employees as part of the mandatory transition to civil servant employment status. (Antara/M. Risyal Hidayat)
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ozens of employees controversially removed from Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will appeal their dismissal, staff members said on Thursday, fighting what they saw as a move to weaken a body that prosecuted hundreds of politicians and businessmen.
Fifty-seven KPK staff were fired after being told they had failed a civil service exam, the results of which they said have been withheld. The Ombudsman and human rights commission suspected maladministration and the KPK has defended the exam.
On their last day of work on Thursday, employees lamented their exit.
"I'd be lying if I said I wasn't sad," said investigator Yudi Purnomo Harahap, one of three employees who confirmed a plan to appeal to the state administrative court.
"There's sadness in leaving this office in such an inhumane way," Yudi told Reuters.
The president's office referred Reuters to the KPK's spokesperson, who did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the employees' appeal and allegations of foul play.
At the KPK office in Jakarta, former KPK staffers praised the employees, who they said were being punished for their commitment to fighting graft, and for making powerful enemies.
