Buying and Selling Position Keeps Repeating

The joint team of the KPK and Bareskrim arrested Nganjuk Regent Novi Rahman Hidayat for allegedly accepting bribes from many people in exchange for giving them positions at different offices.

Kompas/Hendra A Setyawan

Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Lili Pintauli Siregar (left) and the Head of the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) Commissioner General Agus Andrianto give press statements regarding the arrest operation of Nganjuk Regent Novi Rahman Hidhayat, at the KPK Building, Jakarta, Monday (10 / 5/2021).

JAKARTA, KOMPAS -- The cases emerged after a joint team from the Corruption Eradication Commission and the National Police Criminal Investigation Department arrested the Regent of Nganjuk, East Java, Novi Rahman Hidayat, on Sunday (9/5/2021). The recurrence of the bribery related to recruitment shows that the supervisory system is still weak in the government recruitment process.

Novi and a number of district heads in Nganjuk were arrested on Sunday at around 7 p.m. Information from the KPK stated the KPK team was led by Harun Al Rasyid. Harun was reportedly among 75 KPK employees who did not pass the nationalism-related exam as a condition for changing the status of KPK employees to state civil servants as mandated by the new KPK Law.