TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Deputy Basaria Panjaitan recalled the two reasons a corruption convict could be charged with the two most severe punishment regulated under the Corruption Law; life sentence and death penalty.

According to him, corruptors are eligible to be handed the punishments for corruption in a time of a natural disaster or committing repeated acts of corruption.

“In the situation of a natural disaster for instance, and then when the act was committed repeatedly,” said Basaria in South Jakarta on Sunday.

A recent case considered eligible is a case of corruption KPK is currently handling, which involves a repeated act of corruption by Kudus Regent M. Tamzil. Back in 2004, the regent was also involved in a graft on an education fund for the district and was found guilty in February 2015 punished to 22 months in prison.

Tamzil was named a suspect once again by the KPK for a graft case within the Kudus administration and allegedly received a bribe in the millions from multiple sources. Basaria said investigators recommend Tamzil to be handed the maximum punishment but will wait for further investigation.

Throughout its tenure, KPK has yet charged a suspect of corruption with the death penalty but has once charged life imprisonment for former Constitution Court Judge Akil Mochtar.

M ROSSENO AJI