Apriadi Gunawan and Agus Maryono, Medan/Purbalingga – Legal Aid Institute (LBH) Medan has submitted evidence of alleged corruption and bribery in the recruitment of civil servants in several regions in North Sumatra to the nation's antigraft body.
LBH Medan director Nuriono urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to respond to the report as soon as possible.
"We've handed over all the reports and evidence of the corruption and bribery to the KPK. This case has to be uncovered as soon as possible to prevent it from recurring," Nuriono said.
He said LBH Medan would also file a citizen's lawsuit over the alleged corruption.
He said this was a move to uncover those responsible for the illicit recruitment process, which had been going on for a long time in North Sumatra. "By the end of this week at the latest we will file a lawsuit at the Medan District Court," he said.
The lawsuit will argue that 17 civil servant applicants were victimized by illicit recruitment practices.
"Through their actions the mafia members sacrificed those who passed the exams and in turn passed those who actually failed the exams," he said.
Medan city administration spokesman Hanas Hasibuan denied the accusation.
Last year, 18,423 applicants sat exams in Medan to work for the city government. It was announced on Dec. 22 through the media and the city's official website that 324 of the applicants had passed.
The announcement was signed by Mayor Rahudman Harahap, but the copy of the announcement shown on the website did not have his signature, Hanas said.
In Purbalingga, Central Java, applicants who were angry at having failed the test seized two cars belonging to Supriyanto, head of the Purbalingga Community Protection Office.
Supriyanto had disappeared with his family after he was implicated in the corruption involving the recruitment process.
The applicants then flocked to the city administration office, where they demanded the public be repaid the money they alleged had been paid to the perpetrators of the corruption.
In Pekanbaru, the results of civil servant application tests were announced simultaneously throughout Riau province on Tuesday. Of the 53,090 applicants who took the exams in the 10 regencies and cities, 2,738 passed.
Riau province secretary Wan Syamsir Yus said that those who had passed were asked to reregister from Jan. 11 to 18 at their local employee agencies.
"They have to show up themselves and those who do not reregister will be considered to have pulled out," he said.
[Rizal Harahap contributed to this article from Pekanbaru, Riau.]