Police Coordinate with KPK to Investigate Three Corruption Cases

A joint team of police investigators is coordinating with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in handling cases of corruption, bribery, gratification, and money laundering related to coal procurement and Asabri. Ahead of a press conference at Polda Metro Jaya on Friday evening, two nameplates for KPK officials were initially present: KPK Deputy for Coordination and Supervision Ely Kusumastuti and KPK Deputy for Enforcement Asep Guntur Rahayu. However, as the press conference was about to begin, the two nameplates were removed, and the KPK officials did not participate in the event. Polda Metro Jaya Head of Public Relations, Commissioner Budi Hermanto, stated that his party is indeed coordinating with the KPK regarding the handling of the three cases. ‘The presence of our law enforcement colleagues from the KPK is to carry out coordination. Coordination between law enforcers in uncovering criminal acts of corruption,’ Budi said during the press conference at Polda Metro Jaya, South Jakarta. During the press conference, he was seen at the same table as the Director of Enforcement at the Police Criminal Investigation Agency’s Corruption Eradication Corps, Brigadier General Robertus Yohanes De Deo, and the Director of Special Criminal Investigation at Polda Metro Jaya, Commissioner Victor Dean Mackbon. Budi explained that the joint investigation team is currently continuing its probe into these cases. ‘We will announce the suspects in this case at the next stage. For now, our investigators are still conducting in-depth examinations,’ Budi stated. ‘We all respect and give space to our investigators to complete their duties comprehensively and thoroughly. We will convey this to you all in the near future,’ he continued. Previously, the Head of the Police Corruption Eradication Corps, Inspector General Totok Suharyanto, explained that three corruption cases are being handled through a joint investigation mechanism with Polda Metro Jaya. ‘The handling of corruption and money laundering cases in the legal process for the PLN BB case, then the Asabri case from 2020 to 2025, and the alleged corruption case in the debt settlement process of PT CBS to PT KNI (a subsidiary of Krakatau Steel) from 2020 to 2025,’ he told reporters at a search location in Cipete. In connection with these cases, investigators have searched 13 locations in Jakarta and Sentul, Bogor, West Java. A number of pieces of evidence, including cash in various currency denominations such as US and Singapore dollars, as well as tens of kilograms of gold bullion, were seized by the police from the searches.