REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Former chairman of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Abraham Samad asked the anti-corruption agency to implement the Money Laundering Criminal Act (TPPU) against suspect of e-ID graft case, Setya Novanto (Setnov). 

"KPK should be fiercer in facing this corruption case. It means that KPK should implement TPPU Act in Novanto's case," Samad said at KPK building on Monday (November 27).

According to him, by implementing TPPU then the money returned from the case that caused Rp 2.3 trillion state losses could be maximized. 

Samad said, the strategy could also reveal the parties who acted as a keeper of money from the corruption. 

By using TPPU Act, he said, it would also be easier for KPK to search for anyone who is involved in this case explicitly.

"And the precedent is already there. When we lead KPK sometime ago, we always used TPPU Act so that we could maximize the return of country losses. That's the point," said Samad. 

Samad also stated that KPK is racing with time to immediately resolve Novanto's case so that soon can be delegated to the court.

"The problem in KPK is the lack of human resources of the investigators. But I'm sure KPK must have other strategies that can solve this case quickly because KPK has to race against time," he said.

Novanto was renamed a suspect in a major graft case of electronic identity cards (e-ID) that involved US$170 million of embezzled state funds on Nov 10 and has been detained since November 19.

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