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View all search resultsPolice say KPK chief’s reassignment won’t affect antigraft agency
The National Police have emphasized that three-star general Setyo Budiyanto will continue to lead the antigraft agency, attributing his recent rotation within the force to a technicality due to his impending retirement.
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Setyo Budiyanto, chairperson of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), prepares to address a press conference on March 16, 2025, at KPK headquarters in Kuningan, South Jakarta, where the agency presented six suspects in a graft case involving the Ogan Komering Ulu Public Works And Housing Agency of South Sumatra. (Antara/Akbar Nugroho Gumay)
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National Police spokesperson has said the recent internal reassignment of Comr. Gen. Setyo Budiyanto will not disrupt his work as chairperson of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), saying the decision was solely due to his reaching the mandatory retirement age of 58 for police officers at the end of this month.
In a telegram issued on June 23, police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo reappointed Setyo, a three-star police general, as a flag officer at the National Police’s inspectorate of general supervision (Itwasum).
“In the rotation, a total of 702 personnel underwent changes in position or service status,” police spokesperson Brig. Gen Trunoyudo Wisnu Andiko told The Jakarta Post on Monday.
Trunoyudo also said the rotation would not affect Setyo’s role as the head of the antigraft agency, a position he assumed last year on Dec. 16 and is expected to hold until 2029.
While the retirement age for police officers is set at 58, a KPK chair’s term lasts five years regardless of age.
“[Setyo] remains KPK chair,” the police spokesman emphasized, adding that his rotation was simply because “he is entering retirement with a strong track record and numerous achievements as one of the police’s most distinguished senior officers”.
The reassignment of a sitting KPK chair mid-term is not without precedent.
