"Research indicated that corruption suspects are not afraid of physical punishment, they are not afraid of prison sentences, but they are afraid of being made poor," Bahuri noted in his remarks during the commemoration of the 2022 World Anti-Corruption Day here, Friday.
Taking into account the inclination, the KPK head said that anti-corruption strategies will be intensified beyond physical punishment to have a greater deterrence effect on corruption suspects.
"Beyond that, we must consider how to have a greater deterrence effect to discourage people from corruption. Hence, the KPK approach, apart from physical punishment, also includes fines and restitution, including for money laundering crimes," he explained.
The agency head pointed out that as the corruption eradication mission is not a simple task, three strategies should be applied in concurrence to ensure effectiveness.
"We must continue working hard in our corruption eradication efforts through community education, prevention, and prosecution strategies," Bahuri remarked.
The KPK head also introduced the corruption eradication orchestration concept to rally support from stakeholders to bolster anti-corruption works.
"We will involve and encourage all pillars of governance to play their active role in the corruption eradication works. The legislative, judiciary, executive pillars, as well as political parties must not commit corruption," he emphasized.
Bahuri also encouraged all parties to avoid corrupt practices by enhancing personal integrity and improving the anti-corruption culture and habits to realize an anti-corruption civilisation.
Meanwhile, Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said that acts of corruption could worsen the impact of food crisis in several countries.
"Corruption in water and land services will have a negative impact on the welfare of farmers, so it can worsen the impact of the food crisis," Amin noted.
The vice president said that World Anti-Corruption Day served as a reminder for people that corruption is the main enemy in the country and akin to COVID-19, corruption is also a global disaster.
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