Indonesia's Home Minister Refuses to Disclose His Wealth to Media

Jakarta (Antara) -- Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said that the total worth of his assets, which he reported to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), had not changed by a lot, but he refused to disclose it to journalists. "The total worth of my assets remains unchanged. The KPK will announce it officially. I do not want to disclose it. Let the KPK do it," he told journalists after handing in his wealth disclosure forms to the anti-graft body here Monday. Kumolo became the fifth minister to submit his wealth disclosure forms to the KPK, following Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Yuddy Chrisnandi, Health Minister Nila Djowita Moeloek, Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman, and Coordinating Economic Minister Sofyan Djalil. On the same day, Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Minister AAGN Puspayoga also handed in his wealth disclosure forms to the KPK. "We (Kumolo and Puspayoga) submitted our own wealth disclosure forms to the anti-corruption body. The KPK chairman has received them. We also checked earlier reports of our wealth, which we submitted in 2004, 2006, 2010, and 2014," he affirmed. (*)