March is a busy month for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Along with widespread allegations of corruption and misappropriation of authority by civil servants, last week the KPK announced that they had named 10 suspects in a case of alleged corruption relating to the provision of remuneration (performance allowance, tunjangan kinerja – tukin) at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (Kementerian ESDM). Besides that, the KPK also developed the investigation into a new allegations of corruption related to the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) and the arrangement of excisable goods managed by the Concession Agency (BP) in the Bintan Free Trade and Free Port Zone (FTZ) (BP Bintan). In the predicate crime, the KPK managed to imprison the disgraced Regent of Bintan, Apri Sujadi, in 2021. Separately, the KPK also announced their investigation in Central Kalimantan and named the Regent of Kapuas, Ben Brahim S Bahat (Golkar) and his wife, Ary Egahni Ben Bahat (NasDem), as suspects.To subscribe please click here
