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Dismissed cop takes fight to former bosses at KPK
A National Police general who was dismissed from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is dragging his former superiors before the commission’s supervisory board to contest his termination.
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Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigations director Brig. Gen. Endar Priantoro shows his letter of dismissal after he lodged a complaint with the commission’s
supervisory board in Jakarta on April 4, 2023. Endar accused KPK leadership of breaching its internal code of ethics. (Antara/Muhammad Adimaja)
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National Police general who was dismissed from a concurrently held position at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is dragging his former superiors before the commission’s supervisory board to contest his termination, the latest in a brewing power struggle that observers say could influence the 2024 election.
On Tuesday, Brig. Gen. Endar Priantoro filed a complaint against KPK chief Firli Bahuri and secretary general Cahya Harefa with the supervisory board. He alleged that the two had committed an ethics violation by relieving him of his duties as KPK investigations director against the wishes of National Police Chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo.
Endar claimed Listyo had signed a letter calling for his tenure at the KPK to be extended for another year.
“The police chief ordered me to continue carrying out my duties at the KPK, in accordance with an assignment letter dated March 29,” Endar told reporters in Jakarta.
However, Endar said he received a termination letter signed by Cahya on March 31.
The KPK also terminated prosecutions and execution deputy Karyoto, who was later appointed Jakarta Police chief.
The two figures were reportedly instrumental in hampering KPK chief Firli’s investigation into alleged irregularities surrounding the Jakarta administration’s hosting of a Formula E electric motorsports race in 2022.
