Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says it has witnessed a drastic increase in the number of state officials reporting gratuities they have received in 2011.

"The number of state officials reporting gratuities to the KPK has increased this year," KPK deputy chairman Haryono Umar said Monday in Jakarta as quoted by tribunnews.com.

In 2010, he said, only 200 state officials reported having received gratuities, while in 2011 up to 1,400 had filed reports.

Despite the obvious increase, Haryono said he regretted that the officials reported were only from state-owned firms. He added that officials' awareness in reporting gratuities had a lot to do with gratuity control programs carried out by an internal monitoring unit set up by the KPK at every state institution.

"Through these internal monitoring units we carry out intensive public awareness campaigns urging state officials to report their gratuities to the KPK," he said. He added that the presence of the units also made it easier for officials to file reports as they only needed to submit reports of, and the gratuity itself, to monitoring units, saving them the hassle of going to the KPK office.