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Anger as corrupt KPK officials kept on after taking illegal levies
Calls for stronger sanctions, possibly a criminal investigation, have been raised after KPK detention workers found guilty of receiving illegal levies made a public apology, the maximum punishment that the antigraft body's supervisory council can impose.
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Seventy-eight employees of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), who were found guilty of an ethics breach related to illegal levies at KPK detention centers, make a public apology on Feb. 26, 2024 at the antigraft body’s Jakarta headquarters. (Antara/HO-KPK)
The public apology delivered on Monday by dozens of employees of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has been met with activists criticizing the punishment as too lenient and demanding their dismissal instead.
At least 78 detention center employees apologized publicly at the antigraft body’s Jakarta headquarters as punishment for committing an ethics violation: The KPK Supervisory Council found last week that they were guilty of soliciting illegal payments from detainees or their families in exchange for perks between 2018 and 2023.
The disgraced employees delivered their mass apology in front of the KPK’s deputy chairman Alexander Marwata and secretary-general Cahya Harefa, as well as members of the supervisory council.
“As a part of the KPK, I am deeply concerned about the sanctioning of [these] employees for their [unethical] actions that deviated from the antigraft body’s principles [of] integrity, justice and professionalism,” Cahya said.
Following a recommendation from the council, the KPK’s general secretariat and inspectorate general are conducting a follow-up investigation on whether the employees violated its disciplinary code.
Under the code, dismissal is the maximum sanction for an administrative violation.
