JAKARTA: The supervisory board of Indonesia’s anti-corruption commission on Wednesday (Apr 12) questioned five leaders in the agency over alleged ethics violations in relieving a former investigation director of his duties. This came after Mr Endar Priantoro reported two members of the Corruption E
JAKARTA: The supervisory board of Indonesia’s anti-corruption commission on Wednesday questioned five leaders in the agency over alleged ethics violations in relieving a former investigation director of his duties.
Following the report made by Mr Priantoro, the KPK insisted that his dismissal was in line with the ending of his employment contract on Mar 31, according to the Jakarta Post. Local media speculated that Mr Priantoro was removed from KPK due to disagreements with Mr Bahuri on raising the status of a corruption probe to the investigation stage. The case is believed to be related to alleged financial wrongdoings involving former Jakarta governor andRegent of Indonesia’s new capital site ‘caught red-handed’ in alleged corruption case: Anti-graft agency
Mr Priantoro also reportedly accused Mr Bahuri of violating the criminal procedure law by forcing him to raise the status of a specific case to the investigation stage, though he declined to specify which case it was.
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