Jakarta – Graft activists have questioned the government's corruption eradication strategies following the ongoing deliberation of the Criminal Law Procedures Code (KUHAP) bill, which no longer sees corruption as an extraordinary crime.

Oce Madril of Gadjah Mada University's (UGM) Center for Anti Graft Studies (Pukat), said that if passed, the bill would undermine the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK).

"If the KUHAP bill is passed, the work of the KPK and PPATK will be pointless," he said. He asked for transparency in the bill drafting process and said the public should be aware of what was happening in the process.

Hasrul Halili, another UGM researcher, suspected that corrupt individuals and their allies could be behind the process. "We urge lawmakers and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to review the KUHAP bill," he said.

Former judge Sahlan Said agreed that the KUHAP bill in its current form could undermine the KPK's fight against corruption. (idb)