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    "data": {
        "id": 1758785,
        "msgid": "ethics-council-urges-ori-selection-panel-to-seek-information-from-the-attorney-generals-office-during-1779537358",
        "date": "2026-05-22 22:59:22",
        "title": "Ethics Council Urges ORI Selection Panel to Seek Information from the Attorney General's Office During Selection",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The Ombudsman RI's Ethics Council has asked the Selection Panel to coordinate with the Attorney General's Office to trace the track records of candidates, particularly regarding corruption. The move follows concerns about an incumbent candidate and a nickel corruption case, with the Panel having previously sought information from other agencies; the AGO had not previously been approached due to the confidential nature of ongoing investigations.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta \u2013 The Ethics Council of the Ombudsman Republic of Indonesia\n(ORI) has asked the Selection Committee (Pansel) to coordinate with the\nAttorney General\u2019s Office to trace the track records of prospective\nmembers in the upcoming selection process.<\/p>\n<p>Ombudsman RI Ethics Council member Jimly Asshiddiqie said information\nfrom the Attorney General\u2019s Office is essential to determine the track\nrecords of Ombudsman candidates, particularly regarding criminal acts of\ncorruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Same as the KPK also handles corruption crimes. Well, why not\nrequest this from the Attorney General\u2019s Office?\u2019 he said during an Open\nInformation Request agenda by the Ombudsman RI Ethics Council in\nJakarta, on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The request for information from the Attorney General\u2019s Office about\ncandidates, he said, is needed so that the case of the Ombudsman Chair\nwho is inactive, Hery Susanto, who is involved in a nickel corruption\ncase, does not recur.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, he added, the Pansel had previously learned of one of the\napplicants who is also an incumbent like Hery, who had been involved in\na corruption case.<\/p>\n<p>\u2019So, could the testimony related to the candidate who was<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ethics-council-urges-ori-selection-panel-to-seek-information-from-the-attorney-generals-office-during-1779537358",
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