Coordinating Minister Yusril: President Monitors Corruption Case in Immigration Sector

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Corrections (Menko KumHAM Imipas) Yusril Ihza Mahendra has stated that President Prabowo Subianto is monitoring the alleged corruption case in the immigration sector currently being handled by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). He noted that the President’s attention to this case is similar to his scrutiny of an alleged corruption case at the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), which is now being handled by the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung). “I myself only had a brief moment to meet the President during an event in Sentul, but did not have the chance to report in detail on this corruption case in the immigration sector,” Yusril said in a confirmed video statement in Jakarta on Friday. Nonetheless, he believes the Kejagung and KPK have publicised the matter widely, ensuring the President has received sufficient information. However, Yusril added, as the KPK is an independent institution, the anti-corruption body has no obligation to notify or report its activities directly to the President. Yusril nonetheless expressed confidence that the KPK is carrying out its duties in eradicating corruption properly according to the law. “The President certainly has eyes and ears to monitor every incident occurring in this country,” he stated. The KPK previously revealed that Vice Minister of Immigration and Corrections for the 2024-2026 period, Silmy Karim (SK), and seven other suspects allegedly amassed up to Rp145.5 billion from suspected extortion practices within the Directorate General of Immigration between 2022 and 2026. “At the very least, the nominal value is Rp145.5 billion,” said KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto at the KPK’s Merah Putih Building in Jakarta on Thursday (5/6). Setyo further explained that the suspects obtained the money allegedly from foreign nationals, or from service bureaus and sponsors managing applications for stay permits for those foreign nationals.