Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) spokesperson Febri Diansyah confirmed on Thursday that one of the antigraft body's investigators, Novel Baswedan, had been issued a second warning letter (SP2).
Febri refused to give details behind the issuance of the letter, which was signed by the five leaders of the KPK.
"According to the information that I have, the process [for the SP2 letter] is still ongoing," he said as quoted by kompas.com, adding that all decisions made by KPK leaders were based on the collective and collegial principle.
Febri added that there were two things taken into consideration in the issuance of the letter: the interests of the antigraft body as an institution and the investigator's main work.
"Novel is one of the kasatgas [head of the task force] in the e-ID case. We do not want to disrupt the ongoing case," he said.
Kompas.com reported Novel received the SP2 letter on March 21. Novel, who is also chairman in the KPK's workers' union, voiced his concerns about KPK director of investigation Aris Budiman's policy regarding investigator recruitment.
The warning letter stated Novel was considered to have conducted a medium offense in obstructing the execution of duties. (mrc)