KPK announces Bank Jatim director as suspect
Good news that KPK is still much alive without Antasari Azhar. The KPK directors seems strongly wanted to show this symbolic gesture to the public: that KPK is as strong and commited as ever to eradicate corruption with or without Antasari Azhar. The Jakarta Post reports:
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named former Director of East Java Development Bank (BPD) Umar Syarifuddin as suspect for allegedly embezzling Rp 37 billion (US$3.5 million) of the bank’s money in 2003-2004.
“We have found a suspect in an alleged embezzlement at BPD. Former bank’s director US has been declared suspect few days ago,” KPK deputy chairman for enforcement Bibit Samad Riantor told reporters during a hearing with commission III of legal issues at the House of Representatives on Thursday.
He said the suspect had illegally gathered Rp 37 billion from 33 BPD branches in the province during 2003-2004 that kept in his personal account.
“He created “(dubious) capital and taxes fees” to gather the money for his personal benefit,” he said.
This was the second case the commission announced suspects in the absence of its chairman Antasari Azhar who is now detained by the Jakarta Police as a suspect in a murder case.
Indonesia’s KPK Impresses Malaysia Creating its own Anti Corruption Commission
The success of Indonesia’s Anti Corruption Commission (KPK), encourages Malaysia to follow suit by creating a similar body called Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). Nice. The first time in recent years Indonesia gets admired for its achievement.
Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission welcomes the establishment of its Malaysian counterpart and looks forward to building a relationship with the newly formed agency, a commission spokesman said on Sunday.
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, or ACC, which officially began its work on Thursday, replaces the much-criticized Anti-Corruption Agency, or ACA, and is being promoted as having more independence and greater accountability.
Johan Budi, a spokesman for the Indonesian commission, known by the acronym KPK, said that although the ACC was not modeled directly after the KPK, the Malaysian government had been impressed by the KPK’s achievements in fighting corruption and hoped to mirror the commission’s overall success.
Aulia Pohan Arrested
After offcially becoming a suspect in the federal reserve bank (Bank Indonesia / BI) graft scandal, now Aulia Pohan is arrested along with other former BI’s officials. Nothing is anusual about Aulia Pohan except that he’s the father in law of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s son or the besan of Presiden SBY. It’s the newly founded Anti-Corruption Commission (KPK) which has arrested him. KPK got a lot of credits and praises as they had arrested many high profile Indonesian officials during their two-year existence as a superbody of Indonesia’s corruption eradication commission.
Aulia Pohan Named Suspect
The Corruption Eradication Commision (KPK) named on Wednesday former Senior Deputy Governor of the central bank Aulia Pohan–the besan [1] of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono– as the new suspect in the case of Bank Indonesia fund missappropriation.
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[1] Besan means in-law relationship among the parents of both bride and grooms.
