Former investigator does not want to return to work at the Corruption Eradication Commission, this is the reason

Jakarta – Former KPK investigator Yudi Purnomo Harahap has stated that he does not want to return to work at the KPK. He said there were many reasons why he decided not to return to the KPK. “I have decided not to return to the KPK. I want to protect the KPK from outside,” Yudi said on Saturday (18/10/2025) when asked for confirmation. The former chairman of the KPK Employees’ Forum admitted he was worried that returning to the KPK would hamper the struggle of IM57+ Institute colleagues. This concern, he said, arose because he had often criticized a number of major corruption cases. Scroll to continue content “I understand that if I return to the Corruption Eradication Committee, there will be high resistance from the parties who got rid of us before, especially now that I am also critical and my track record as an investigator handling major cases, such as e-KTP and the Century Bank case, will actually hinder the process of returning my friends,” so I decided to return my friends. Nevertheless, Yudi encouraged the former employees’ ‘victims’ of the National Insight Test (NST) to return to work at the KPK. According to him, the process of repatriating former employees can be easy because the current KPK leadership is someone who has also worked with them. “Furthermore, we know that currently the Corruption Eradication Commission has started to have some hope of revival, but it is not yet encouraging. Therefore, I hope that the current leadership of the Corruption Eradication Committee welcomes friends who want to return with open arms,” ​​he said. “After all, the current KPK leadership and the former TWK employees already know each other, for example Pak Setya (chairman of the corruption eradication committee) is a former director of education, Pak Fitroh (deputy chairman of the corruption eradication committee) is a former director of prosecution. This means that they have worked together in the past,” he added. Furthermore, Yudi also encouraged to open TWK to the public as required by the IM57+ Institute. He also hopes that if violations are found in TWK, he will ask all involved parties to get sanctions. “I believe that the disclosure of these documents will further strengthen the findings of the Ombudsman and Komnas HAM that so far what I believe has been fabricated to get rid of it, and if it is brought to light and there is fabrication, I hope that the parties involved will be sanctioned,” he stressed. Earlier, the Chairman of the IM57+ Institute, Lakso Anindito, said that all former KPK employees have one voice, they want to return to work at the KPK. They also filed a lawsuit with the Public Information Commission (PIC) demanding that the results of the National Insight Test (NATI) be made public. “All one (vote). Return to the Corruption Eradication Committee as a form of rights restoration,” IM57+ Institute chairman Lakso Anindito said when asked on Tuesday (14/10). They consider the TWK results in 2020 as opaque because they are not open. TWK is a test that the KPK implemented in 2020 for all its employees. This test is a requirement when KPK employees will change their status to ASN. A total of 57 KPK employees were then declared to have failed the test and formed a forum at the IM57+ Institute. Regarding this desire, the IM 57+ Institute also asked President Prabowo Subianto to take a firm stand. He believes this is a good momentum for Prabowo to show his commitment to strengthening the KPK. “This is a good momentum for President Prabowo Subianto to show his commitment to strengthening the KPK by returning the rights of 57 KPK employees to the KPK. This issue has been a protracted issue without clarity even though there were recommendations from Komnas HAM and the Ombudsman,” explains Lakso. The Corruption Eradication Commission also responded to the wishes of 57 former employees. The KPK respects and awaits the process of requesting information dispute resolution from KIP. Also see KPK investigator video: Firli Bahuri leaked OTT before Hasto-Harun was arrested (zap/dhn)