Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The ethics panel set up by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has concluded its month-long probe to determine who leaked a document pertaining to the commission's investigation of former Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum, announcing that Abraham Samad's secretary, Wiwin Suwandi, had been found guilty.

Panel chief Anies Baswedan said that Wiwin had intentionally leaked the document by scanning it for Samad and making another copy for himself before handing it to the media on Feb. 8. "He claimed that his only motive [for leaking the document] was that he loathed corruption suspects," Anies said Wednesday.

Besides leaking the document, Anies went on, Wiwin had also leaked other documents relating to other cases, including the driving simulators procurement case, the beef import quota case and the Buol regency bribery case.

However, he said the panel could not impose punishment on Wiwin as he was not listed as one of the KPK's leaders. He said the KPK's internal ethics board would impose a sanction on him.

Separately, KPK's internal ethics board chief Said Zainal Abidin said the board had suggested Wiwin's dismissal to the KPK leaders.

Anies added that the panel had not found any evidence to suggest that Wiwin had leaked the document due to a request by Samad.

However, the panel still considered that Samad was implicated in the scandal as he had also communicated with the media sources that published the leaked document. Therefore, he went on, Samad was considered to have conducted a minor ethics violation and was, thus, given a written warning.

"As KPK chief, Samad is required to maintain order within his office. He needs to ensure that there is no repeat of a similar incident in the future," he said.

The panel also extended its warning to KPK commissioner Adnan Pandu Praja for telling a press conference that he had withdrawn his signature from the draft letter and for saying that the Toyota Harrier car that Anas allegedly received as a bribe was too small in value for the KPK to handle. (nai/dic)