TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission or KPK Alexander Marwata said that the leak of the warrant to investigate the performance allowance (tukin) corruption case at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) had no impact on the legal process of the case.
“The tukin case is actually an open investigation. So for example, I issue an open investigation letter. Something happened. I’ll tell you what was leaked? What impact did the investigation letter leak have? Nothing at all,” said Alexander in Jakarta, Saturday, April 8 2023.
Alex recounts the alleged corruption case tukin it is an event that has already happened. So that the leak of the investigation warrant will not affect the legal process.
“The investigation was leaked, that’s all I thought, it was an investigation into events that had passed, what was the impact? From what I see, there was no impact on past events,” said Alex.
Alex said the Tukin corruption case had clear evidence. The Inspectorate of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources also stated that there was a loss to the state in this incident.
The KPK is currently conducting an investigation into the alleged corruption case for performance allowances for the 2020-2022 fiscal year at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and named 10 suspects in the alleged corruption case. The potential losses incurred in the alleged tukin corruption case are estimated to reach tens of billions of rupiah.
The KPK is not ready to announce who has been named as a suspect. In the latest developments in the case, the KPK has coordinated with the Directorate General of Immigration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights to prevent the 10 suspects from traveling abroad.
The Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society reported an alleged leak in the performance allowance corruption case at the Ministry ESDM handled by the KPK. MAKI reported the suspected leak to the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency on Friday, April 7, 2023. “It’s true that we made a report to Bareskrim today,” said MAKI Coordinator Boyamin Saiman, Saturday, April 8, 2023.
Boyamin suspects that there were 5 incidents of criminal acts in this incident. The five incidents of criminal acts that allegedly occurred were obstructing investigations, communicating with litigants, disclosing classified information, leaking intelligence secrets, and leaking confidential letters and information.
This leak was initially discovered when investigators and KPK investigators searched the office of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources on March 27, 2023. In one of the rooms that were searched, investigators found documents resembling the Corruption Crime Incident Report. The document is an investigation result file that contains a chronological description of the case, the alleged perpetrators and the articles recommended for use.
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