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Top KPK investigators may lose jobs after failing controversial civics test
Reports emerged on Tuesday that around 75 KPK employees failed the civic knowledge test, which is required for them to stay within the antigraft body.
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A Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officer shows evidence related to a bribery case involving Wahy Setiawan, a General Elections Commission (KPU) member, and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Harun Masiku at the KPK office in Jakarta on Jan. 9, 2020. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
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everal investigators of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) are reportedly set to lose their jobs as frontline fighters against corruption after failing a test required to change their status to that of civil servants.
Reports emerged on Tuesday that around 75 KPK employees failed the civic knowledge test held by the National Civil Service Agency (BKN) as part of the employee status transition within the antigraft body.
The revised KPK Law, which was passed following a speedy deliberation at the House of Representatives in 2019, mandates that all previously independent employees of the agency become civil servants. The law sets a two-year deadline for all parties to implement the change, which is slated to end this year.
As part of the process, the BKN held the civic test for around 1,300 KPK employees between March and April. The agency handed the test results over to the KPK on April 27.
Koran Tempo reported that senior investigator Novel Baswedan was among the employees who apparently did not pass the test.
Joining the antigraft body in 2007, the former police investigator made a name for himself for being involved in the investigation of high-profile cases, including the e-ID graft case that implicated former House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto.
