The soldiers to join KPK would stop being member of TNI."
Jayapura (ANTARA News) - Indonesian military (TNI) chief General Moeldoko said TNI is ready to assign its officers to occupy posts at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) despite strong protest against military involvement in law enforcement duty.

"We are ready to assign TNI soldiers to take up jobs at KPK. If they pass through fit and proper test their status would be changed. They would become civil servants," Moeldoko said here on Friday.

He said the offer is in answer to request from KPK leaders to occupy the post of KPK secretary general and internal controller.

The candidates for secretary general is two star general and for internal controller is a one-star general, he said.

"The soldiers to join KPK would stop being member of TNI," he said.

Meanwhile, police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti said the TNI members to join KPK are not investigators as widely reported.

"They would take the jobs as secretary general and internal controller. Therefore, there is no problem," Badrodin said.

Earlier, the idea of involving the military in KPK was widely protested.

The Community Synergy for Indonesian Democracy (Sigma) said military officers may not be employed as investigators of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK.

Sigma researcher Muhammad Imam Nasef said criminal investigation is not in line with the military duty and it is against the Constitution.

"The 1945 Constitution clearly rules that military is state apparatuses to defend, protect and maintain the integrity and sovereignty of the nation," Imam Nasef said on Thursday.

Lawmaker from the Commission I of the Parliament Mahfudz Siddiq rejected the idea of KPK recruiting investigators from the military.

"The basic duty of the military is not law enforcement," he said.

KPK made a big mistake if the anti graft agency KPK asks for investigators from the military, and similarly the military would commit no serious mistake if it accepted such as request from KPK, he said.

"KPK should be careful in bringing in investigators from both police and the military. They could be set against each other," he said.
(Uu.H-ASG/A014)

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