October 1, 2025 | 12:50 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has observed a decline in the number of corruption cases handled by law enforcement. The decrease is significant, amounting to 54 percent compared to the previous year. ICW researcher Zararah Azhim Syah stated that from January 1 to December 31, 2024, law enforcement agencies, including the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the Attorney General's Office, and the National Police, only revealed 364 cases involving 888 suspects.
"The cases handled by law enforcement in 2024 are the lowest in the past 5 years," Azhim said at the ICW office in South Jakarta on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
Azhim explained that, in 2020, law enforcement revealed 444 cases involving 875 suspects. In 2021, they revealed 533 cases involving 1,173 suspects. In 2022, the numbers increased to 579 cases and 1,396 suspects, and in 2023, they increased again to 791 cases and 1,695 suspects.
"It decreased by about 427 cases, or approximately 54 percent compared to the previous year," Azhim said.
According to ICW's observation, the low handling of corruption cases in 2024 is attributed to the many units in the Attorney General's Office and the National Police that did not prosecute any corruption cases in 2024.
There are at least six High Prosecutors' Offices, 292 District Prosecutors' Offices, and 63 Branch District Prosecutors' Offices that are suspected of not handling any corruption cases. Meanwhile, the National Police have about 20 regional police officers and 445 district police officers who are not assigned to handle corruption cases. Furthermore, the number of cases investigated by the KPK decreased by 64.5 percent, representing a decrease of 31 cases compared to 2023.
Based on these findings, Azhim speculated that the Attorney General did not allocate between Rp99 billion and Rp267 billion to handle corruption cases, and that the National Police did not allocate between Rp124 billion and Rp356 billion for the same purpose. "The Corruption Eradication Commission had a budget of Rp47.7 billion for handling corruption cases, which was not utilized," Azhim said.
According to ICW's research, one factor contributing to the decrease in handled corruption cases is the lack of information provided by law enforcement agencies about those cases. "Therefore, we recommend that the Attorney General's Office, the National Police, and the Corruption Eradication Commission optimize the case information system periodically," Azhim said.
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