Military personnel committing 'KKN' to be tried in public court
Military personnel committing 'KKN' to be tried in public court
Tiarma Siboro, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Barring the unexpected, the Public Servants' Wealth Audit
Commission (KPKPN) will soon sign a memorandum of understanding
with the Indonesian Military (TNI), the National Police and the
Attorney General's Office to allow active and former military
personnel accused of committing corruption, collusion and
nepotism (KKN) to be investigated by the police and tried in a
public court.
KPKPN deputy chairman Abdullah Hehamahua told The Jakarta Post
on Monday that it was still preparing the draft of the memorandum
of understanding expected to be signed sometime this week by
KPKPN chief Yusuf Syakir, Attorney General MA Rachman, TNI chief
Adm. Widodo AS, and National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar.
It was not clear if the decision gave an indication that any
former and active military personnel were involved in KKN.
According to Hehamahua, the decision was made on the
understanding that KKN were general crimes and not violations of
the military code of ethics.
KPKPN is currently investigating the wealth of government
officials and members of the House of Representatives (DPR) to
determined whether or not it was accrued through KKN.
There are currently four former military personnel in
President Megawati Soekarnoputri's Gotong Royong Cabinet and
dozens of active and former military personnel in both the DPR
and the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR).
"The military tribunal has been established to try any
violation of the military code of ethics, such as desertion or
insubordination. KKN are general crimes so the perpetrators must
be tried in a general court," Hehamahua said.
A high-profile corruption case involving former mines and
energy minister Ginandjar Kartasasmita, a retired three-star Air
Force marshal, is one example that showed that military personnel
were often above the law.
The Attorney General's Office had to release Ginandjar last
year after the South Jakarta District Court ruled that his
detention was illegal and ordered that his case be taken to a
joint civilian-military tribunal.