KPK Says No Need Yet for Intensive Coordination with AGO on MBG Case, Here's Why

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has not yet identified any critical need for intensive coordination with the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) regarding the handling of an alleged corruption case within the MBG programme. The anti-graft body considers that the process underway at the AGO can still be monitored without requiring further action from the KPK. “Perhaps because it is still new, there are many examination activities being taken seriously, while there is nothing direct yet,” said KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto at the parliamentary complex in Senayan, Wednesday (17/6). According to Setyo, the KPK observes that the AGO has been carrying out the law enforcement process through its special crimes investigators, so there is no pressing need for further synchronisation yet. “Of course, if they have carried out coercive measures, there have been arrests, searches, seizures and so on, and then there are activities carried out by the AGO investigators, particularly from Special Crimes, we currently see that it is already underway. So perhaps it can be said that it is not too important yet for us to coordinate,” he said. Setyo also touched on the progress of the case handling, which has now entered a more advanced stage at the AGO. According to him, the legal steps already taken provide room for investigators to delve into the entire construction of the case. “With the process of coercive measures, the Jampidsus investigators are certainly free to dissect the entire case,” he said.