KPK limits target of investigations<\/p>\n
M. Taufiqurrahman and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Overwhelmed with data from state officials whose wealth reports
\nneed to be scrutinized, the Corruption Eradication Commission
\n(KPK) said on Sunday it would only look into reports that
\nseemingly contained irregularities.<\/p>\n
KPK deputy chairman Amien Sunaryadi said that given the
\ncommission's limited resources it would only probe the wealth
\nreports of state officials that bore self-evident flaws.<\/p>\n
"We will not examine the wealth reports that contain only
\nminor errors. The investigation will also not be undertaken on
\nthe basis of the amount of wealth reported. However small the
\namount of wealth, we will look into it if there are
\nirregularities," he told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
Amien said that in its investigation, the KPK would look at a
\nsampling of the officials' wealth reports.<\/p>\n
He also said that the commission would no longer publicly
\ndisclose the outcome of investigations as the Anticorruption Law
\ndid not allow it to do so.<\/p>\n
"All results of the investigations would be made public
\nthrough the state gazette and its appendix. It is up to the state
\nsecretariat to publish them," he said.<\/p>\n
Amien said that apart from wealth reports from newly sworn-in
\nministers, the KPK was expecting the General Elections Commission
\n(KPU) to hand over the bulk of the wealth reports of over 17,000
\nnewly elected members of the House of Representatives and local
\nlegislative councils.<\/p>\n
"The declaration of wealth is one of requirements submitted by
\nthe council members when they registered as candidates with the
\nKPU, and we are only waiting for the commission to hand them over
\nto us for auditing," he said.<\/p>\n
As for the wealth reports of members of President Susilo
\nBambang Yudhoyono's United Indonesia Cabinet, Amien said that it
\nwas too early to expect the ministers to submit them in the near
\nfuture given the finite detail required.<\/p>\n
"I think that the ministers are now still collecting necessary
\ndocuments to be attached in their wealth reports and I am
\nconfident that all of them will submit them in time. Besides,
\nthey were only sworn-in last week," Amien said.<\/p>\n
Law No. 28\/1999 on good governance and Law No. 30\/2002 on the
\nantigraft commission requires state officials to declare their
\nwealth before and after assuming office.<\/p>\n
The laws require other state officials, including legislators,
\nto submit their wealth reports to the KPK in a bid to maintain
\ntransparency and monitor possible irregularities.<\/p>\n
However, the two laws stipulate no penalties for state
\nofficials who fail to disclose their wealth. Should state
\nofficials make false statements on their wealth reports, they
\nwould only be charged for making false reports.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Friday, Cabinet Secretary Sudi Silalahi said that
\nPresident Susilo set a one-week deadline for his ministers to
\ndeclare their wealth.<\/p>\n
Another KPK deputy chairman Sjahruddin Rasul said his
\ncommission sent forms to the ministers on Oct. 19 to publicly
\ndisclose their wealth.<\/p>\n
Of all state officials, only Susilo and Vice President Jusuf
\nKalla have submitted their latest financial reports to the
\ncommission.<\/p>\n
The KPK also said that none of members of former president
\nMegawati Soekarnoputri's Cabinet have submitted their wealth
\nreports to the antigraft commission, although their terms ended
\non Oct. 20.<\/p>",
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