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View all search resultsThe Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has launched six raids in January and February, half the total for 2025, signaling renewed vigor in fighting graft, though experts and activists caution the agency must remain free from political pressure to succeed.
Both the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Attorney General's Office (AGO) dismiss concerns about potential overlapping authorities in investigating corruption cases with the National Police's newly formed Corruption Eradication Corps.
Among the 20 names moving to the next stage of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) commissioner selection process are current commissioner Johanis Tanak and deputy Pahala Nainggolan, who were reported for alleged ethics violations.
The selection committee for the new leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has announced the 20 candidates for commissioner who passed the profiling assessment held late last month, with a former minister and an incumbent commissioner among those who did not make it to the next stage of the process.
The KPK has questioned Sakti Wahyu Trenggono as a witness in a graft case pertaining to procurement transactions at Telkom in relation to a data service project in 2017-2022, making him the second fisheries minister from the Jokowi administration involved in a corruption probe.
“Corruption eradication [efforts] should address the root of the problem. [Graft] prevention is a more fundamental way [to address the issue],” said Jokowi on Thursday, adding that instilling a nationwide antigraft culture would be essential in the fight against corruption in the country.
Indonesia’s ongoing battle against corruption appears to be making little headway as fewer people expressed enthusiasm for the government’s efforts to prevent illicit transactions and prosecute graft perpetrators over the past two years, a recent study by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) has found.
Antigraft activists have called for Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Firli Bahuri to step down from his position as part of "drastic measures" to save the agency and the fight against graft in Indonesia amid controversies and what they claim to be a lackluster performance by the agency.
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has a made a request for more funding next year to the House of Representatives to help strengthen the agency’s ability to combat graft and facilitate changes in its employees' status.
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