Undermining KPK Investigators

STANDING before 500 employees of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Taufiequrachman Ruki presented his plan to assess the commission's independent investigators. This was during a closed-door meeting held on the first Tuesday in March.

The acting KPK Chairman Ruki claimed he had consulted the head of the KPK Legal Affairs Bureau, Chatarina Girsang, about the legal basis of appointing independent investigators. "My question to Ibu Chatarina was whether there were any commission rules or government regulation concerning the appointment of KPK investigators. She said there were none," said Ruki, in a recording of the meeting that Tempo obtained.

April 7, 2015