From 2004 to March 2017, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) handled 594 corruption cases. Of these, 319 cases, or more than half, involved bribery. This was followed by 163 cases (27.4 percent) involving procurement of goods/services, and 46 cases (7.7 percent) involving budget misuse.
In the first three months of 2017, the KPK handled 27 corruption cases, comprising 16 cases of budget misuse, 7 bribery cases, and 2 cases of money laundering (TPPU). The remaining cases consisted of one case each of procurement of goods/services and extortion.
Following the trial of the electronic ID card (e-KTP) corruption case, the House of Representatives (DPR) formed a Special Committee of Inquiry into the KPK. However, several figures and academics consider this DPR move an attempt to weaken the anti-corruption commission. As is known, several current and former members of the House are named in the e-KTP corruption case files and there are indications of them receiving bribes from the winning bidder.
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