Extortion Practice Found in KPK's Anti-Corruption Prison Explained
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23 June 2023 11:49 WIB
Multi-layer Transactions
The antigraft agency suspects that the transactions in the blackmail practice were conducted in multiple layers, as in the money transfers was never direct between the victim and perpetrator, which is essentially intentionally done to hide evidence of the existence of the blackmail.
“We initially suspect that it was never transferred directly to the perpetrators but through convoluted layers,” said KPK deputy Ghufron.
Transactions Amount to Rp4 billion
The total amount of blackmail money is believed to reach a staggering Rp4 billion (roughly US$ 266,826) just from alleged transfers made from December 2021 up to March 2022. The leader of the Corruption Eradication Commission has been notified about this ordeal.
“This was purely the finding of the supervisory board, there were no complaints filed. The prisoners of the KPK detention center were blackmailed,” said one of the Dewas KPK’s members Albertina Ho.
KPK’s Response
In response to the Supervisory Board's report, the KPK Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution, Asep Guntur Rahayu, confirmed the report of alleged extortion that occurred at the Detention Center. Asep said that the antigraft agency is still conducting an investigation into the case and had asked about 20 people for information to explore the matter.
He emphasized that he would not discriminate against anyone involved in the extortion practice. "All parties with indications of corruption including members from the KPK itself, will not be discriminated in the enforcement of the law," said Asep.
PPATK Involved in Investigation
House of Representatives (DPR) legislator Didik Mukrianto urged the investigation into the alleged extortion case at the anti-corruption agency to involve the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), with the goal of comprehensively exposing the flow of money in the extortion and blackmail case.
“We don’t want the public to lose trust and end up being apathetic towards the corruption eradication done by KPK. The stakes are too high for KPK to not handle this in a proper manner,” said the Democratic Party legislator on June 22.
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