Many KPK suspects have not been tried due to lack of evidence, Mahfud: That’s torture

By Ardito Ramadhan, and
Ihsanuddin for Kompas.com, 9 December 2023, 15:36

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, and PDI-P endorsed candidate for vice president in next year’s presidential election, Prof. Mahfud MD criticized the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over the number of corruption suspects who are never tried due to lack of evidence.

“Now there are still a lot of suspects, the evidence is always not enough, cases are not finished, and so on, it tortures people, it’s not allowed,” said Minister Mahfud in Bandung, Saturday (9/12/2022) in a press release.

However, Mahfud did not specify or give any examples of who the Commission suspects in question are.

Mahfud said this in the context of clarifying an earlier statement claiming that sometimes the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) carried out sting operations (OTT) without sufficient evidence. Read more here https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2023/12/09/15365351/banyak-tersangka-kpk-belum-disidang-karena-kurang-bukti-mahfud-itu-kan.

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