JAKARTA (Indonesia Today) – Disappointed with National Police’s decision to withdraw its 20 investigators, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) recruits more independent investigators.
KPK chief Abraham Samad said the antigraft commission is in the process of recruiting 30 independent investigators from institutions outside the National Police and Attorney General’s Office (AGO), which supply most of its investigators.
“Hopefully (number of independent investigators) will grow further,” said Abraham as quoted by Kompas.com.
Abraham said KPK was pretty disappointed with the withdrawal of 20 police investigators just when the agency is busy in handling various corruption and graft cases, including the case implicating police generals.
KPK currently has around 100 investigators. One investigator, he said, could handle three cases. Some even handle 11 cases. While Police chief Timur Pradopo promised to replace with new investigators, Abraham said that won’t solve KPK’s problem. (haryanto@theindonesiatoday.com)