"Currently, the case is being handled by the National Police. We are concerned because the investigation process is slow," he said.
According to Oce, KPK investigators should handle the case as stated in the Regulation Number 30/2002 about the anti-graft commission`s task to tackle corruption in the public sector.
The case of the suspicious bank account which is owned by several police officials first come to light in 2010 when the Tempo magazine released a report entitled, "Police Officers' Fat Bank Accounts".
According to the report, a number of police officers had been receiving an average of Rp1 billion - Rp2 billion a day. In fact, an official had received Rp10 billion.
Since the monthly salary of a senior police officer is not more than Rp10 million, editors of the Tempo magazine said it is difficult to believe that police officers had attained large amounts of money through legitimate means.
Many copies of the magazine had been sold quickly. Even police officers had purchased copies of the magazine.
As a result, the price of the magazine had increased to Rp50,000 per copy.
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