KPK says it's in need of new blood

KPK says it's in need of new blood

JAKARTA: The National Police are completing the paperwork
required for the best graduates of the Police Staff College to
work on the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

KPK chairman Taufiqurrahman Ruqi said on Wednesday the
commission had asked the police for new blood in investigating
graft cases in regions.

"We are lacking investigators due to the (large) number of
cases we are handling," Ruki said after a meeting with National
Police chief of detectives Comr. Gen. Makbul Padmanegara.

The commission employs prosecutors and police officers as
investigators.

It is now investigating a number of regional government
officials, including regents and mayors, in connection with
corruption cases. Ruki however refused to identify the officials.
-- JP