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KPK to probe Tangerang sea fence separately from AGO
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A plane passes over residential high-rises on Jan. 9, 2025, behind a mysterious bamboo fence of 30 kilometers in length in the coastal waters of Tangerang, Banten. (Antara/Sulthony Hasanuddin)
T
he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will investigate potential graft in the Tangerang sea fence scandal and ensure it will not overlap with an investigation by the Attorney General's Office (AGO).
Antigraft agency spokesperson Tessa Mahardhika said that the KPK would conduct an analysis, verification and search process “that does not conflict with AGO’s investigation”.
“We will try to see [the case] from a different perspective and [to see] whether there has been a criminal act in the form of corruption that can be investigated and followed up by the KPK,” Tessa told The Jakarta Post on Monday.
Tessa said, however, that the KPK team has yet to coordinate with the AGO regarding the two institutions’ respective handlings of the case.
The agency previously received two reports of alleged corruption related to the illegal installation of the bamboo sea fence, which spans 30 kilometers in waters across six districts in Tangerang regency in Banten and went viral because of its unexplained origin.
The Indonesian Anticorruption Community (MAKI) filed a report on Jan. 23, followed by former KPK chairman Abraham Samad last Friday.
Both reports called into question the sea fence’s rights-to-build permits (HGB) and ownership certificates (SHM) for land on the shoreline facing the sea fence.
