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ensions have come to a head between the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Indonesian Military (TNI) after the antigraft body’s arrest of two active officers was met with the military’s insistence that the case be brought under its jurisdiction, prompting fresh concerns about the institution’s legacy of impunity.
The investigation into the alleged misappropriation of state funds at the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) is the latest incident to suggest that the military is regaining a grip on civilian affairs amid the erosion of the antigraft body’s authority.
The TNI’s objection to the arrest of Basarnas head Air Marshal Henri Alfiandi and his aide-de-camp, Lt. Col. Afri Budi Cahyanto, has been met with calls from the public for the military police to let the case be handled through civilian channels.
The two active military officers were named suspects in the initial investigation, which KPK chief Firli Bahuri insisted was carried out with the military’s knowledge.
But the KPK then seemed to buckle under the TNI’s pressure, with deputy chairman Johanis Tanak issuing a public apology for naming the officers suspects after military police chief Air Rear Marshal Agung Handoko and a group of military officers visited the KPK headquarters in Jakarta.
Johanis said afterwards that KPK investigators had “made a mistake and forgot that the military police must be involved in graft investigations involving military personnel”.
