Day: August 20, 2024

Earlier this year an interesting “clash” happened. The Minister of Finance visited the AGO and brought along reports on four debtors of the LPEI, alleging fraudulent acts which caused losses to the State. The interesting part is, days after that, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) stepped forward and announced that they had commenced investigation and inquisition into the similar allegation. At the time, the KPK looked like they wanted to steal the spotlight from the AGO, because we know it was the AGO who investigated similar allegations implicating LPEI several years ago. But the situation was quickly forgotten. Towards the end of last week, another interesting situation happened, as the AGO decided to hand over some of the investigation to the KPK, in what the institution call a synergy.

Last year, with the help of a series of witch hunts, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) managed to uncover several cases of alleged corruption including the ones concerning the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC). In one of the cases, KPK has named the former Head of the Customs and Excise Office in Yogyakarta, Eko Darmanto, as suspect. Just like the other graft suspects, Eko is trapped in his own habit of showing off his wealth. His trial started in May 2024 and was examined by the Corruption Court at the Surabaya District Court. Unfortunately, unlike his greedy acts of corruption, in addition to allegations of money laundering, the court proceedings went far from media coverage and towards the end of last week, the KPK prosecutors had read out their demands.