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Activists call for removal of KPK chief over mounting controversies
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Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Firli Bahuri names South Sulawesi Governor Nurdin Abdullah a bribery suspect in a press conference on Feb. 28, 2021. (Courtesy of/KPK)
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n the heels of his controversial dismissal of former investigations director Endar Priatoro, Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Firli Bahuri has been accused of leaking official documents to the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, with critics demanding his removal.
Protesters from a group called the Indonesian Youth Activist Community (KAMI) demonstrated against Firli in front of the KPK headquarters in Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Tuesday. They released several mice during the protest, an animal that has become symbolic of corruption in the country.
The day before, former KPK commissioners and advisors, graft watchdog Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) and other civil groups held a similar protest in front of the building after reporting Firli to the KPK supervisory board.
“Aside from reporting Firli to the supervisory board, we also see Firli’s act of leaking KPK documents as an intolerable criminal act,” former KPK chairman Abraham Samad said during the protest on Monday. “As such, we’re also preparing to report Firli to the corresponding law enforcement agency.”
Recently, a video suggesting that documents from the KPK had been found during the antigraft commission’s investigation into the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has circulated on social media. In the video, two men are heard discussing the documents, with one saying that the “minister obtained the documents from Pak Firli”.
While the veracity of the video remains in question, Koran Tempo reported last week that the KPK supervisory board had received an ethics complaint against Firli over the alleged leak.
KPK spokesperson Ali Fikri declined to comment on the authenticity of the video, but he claimed the KPK supervisory board would be able to resolve the issue.
