KPK: No discussion yet on joint investigation into ex-Jampidsus case

“Because everything from the initial gathering of evidence, preliminary inquiry, up to the investigation stage was carried out there, we are only being asked to coordinate and supervise.”

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has stated that there have been no discussions regarding a plan for a joint investigation into the alleged coal corruption case implicating a former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) with the initials FA.

KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Asep Guntur Rahayu revealed that his office, together with the National Police’s Anti-Corruption Task Force (Kortastipidkor) and the Special Criminal Investigation Directorate (Ditreskrimsus) of Polda Metro Jaya, have so far tended to discuss processes of coordination and supervision relating to the case.

“Because everything from the initial gathering of evidence, the preliminary inquiry, up to the investigation was carried out there, we are only being asked to coordinate and supervise,” Asep said at a press conference in Jakarta on Saturday.

In the discussion, Asep said, the KPK, through the Deputy for Enforcement and Execution together with the Deputy for Coordination and Supervision, elaborated on the coordination and supervision process in accordance with Law Number 19 of 2019 concerning the Corruption Eradication Commission.

He noted that the Deputy for Coordination and Supervision explained that the coal corruption case is still at an early stage, so if the KPK were to take it over, communication, coordination and supervision would first need to be carried out.

Then, Asep continued, it would be adjusted according to the clauses in Article 10A paragraph (2) of the KPK Law, which sets out various conditions for taking over a case.

“So it cannot simply be taken over on its own assumption,” he said.

The three cases concern the electricity blackout under the management of PT PLN (Persero); the alleged Asabri and Jiwasraya corruption cases of 2020-2025; and alleged money laundering in the settlement of PT CBS’s debts to PT KNI.

One of the locations searched was a house in Sentul, Bogor, which the former Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) FA acknowledged as his private residence.

However, regarding the cash and gold bars found by police investigators inside the house, FA said the items belonged to someone else, though he did not reveal the identity of their owner.