KPK Cooperates with Anti-Corruption Institutions from 26 Countries

Jakarta, InfoPublik - Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) of Indonesia ties cooperation with at least 26 anti-corruption institutions in 26 countries in order to streamline the corruption eradication program both domestically and internationally.

KPK chairman Agus Rahardjo in a written statement received in Jakarta, Monday (9/19) said that KPK believes that the task of combating corruption must be conducted in synergy with various parties, both at the executive, legislative, domestic and international level. "Anti-corruption institution of other countries should also be involved in enhancing cooperation to eradicate corruption," he said.

Among the 26 anti-corruption agencies which include institution in Asia and Europe are MACC Malaysia, SFO Britain, AGD Australia, ACB Brunei Darussalam, CPIB Singapore, NACC Thailand and MOS China.

According to him, this measure is taken since corruption is classified as an extraordinary crime that can occur across the boundaries of a country. Therefore, it must be handled in an extraordinary way and involves a lot of anti-corruption agencies in various countries.

Meanwhile, KPK deputy chairman Laode M. Syarif stated that the scope of cooperation lies not only in capacity building and sharing of best practices of both state agencies, but also in the field of prevention and prosecution.

"From the best practices of other countries, we learn to improve ourselves. The same thing goes to other institutions which consider that KPK is quite progressive in its performance since it is capable of handling high-profile corruption related case," he said.

A number of countries were recorded to take KPK as an example in its strategy in preventing and prosecuting corruption. For example in 2014, Timorese Comissão Anti-Corrupção (CAC) anti-corruption agencies specially came and studied at KPK for several weeks.

The most recent, KPK tied cooperation with Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). In the near future, this cooperation will be strengthened through the signing of a MoU which includes; information exchange in the field of corruption prevention; sharing best practices in the field of corruption eradication; cooperation in education, training and research; and capacity building in organization and law enforcement. (translator: Siti Chodijah)