JakartaGlobe-June 1

The Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, on Tuesday gathered 1,271 employees to take an oath of allegiance as civil servants to follow a new law which has met resistance from an element of its investigators. The swearing-in ceremony has drawn controversy because only those passing the so-called nationalism test are eligible to become employees. At least 75 members have failed the test, including top investigator Novel Baswedan and KPK union leader Yudi Purnomo.

Novel has earned reputation for handling high-profile cases involving ministers, high-ranking police officers and other top state officials. Following unsuccessful police attempts to slap criminal charges on him, Novel decided to resign from the National Police and to focus on his job at the KPK.

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