fter days of back and forth, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has dropped plans to question President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s youngest son Kaesang Pangarep to clarify the details regarding his lavish private jet trip to the United States, despite mounting public pressure to investigate. This decision further shows the KPK’s lack of seriousness and efforts to combat corruption without discrimination. Last month, while the nation was infuriated over the House of Representatives’ efforts to annul the Constitutional Court’s decision in a speedy revision of the Regional Elections Law, Kaesang and his pregnant wife Erina Gudono triggered public anger for flexing their trip to the US aboard a private jet on social media.
Netizens have since accused the couple’s flight aboard the private jet as being provided by Singaporean tech tycoon Gang Ye, which could fall into the category of unlawful gratuity or trading in influence given Kaesang’s status as the President’s son. Netizens found that the Gulfstream GVI G650ER jet carrying Kaesang and Erina is owned by Garena Online (Pvt) Ltd., a game developer under Sea Limited, which is Shopee's parent company.
Gang Ye visited Surakarta, Central Java, the First Family’s hometown, in February 2022 to discuss the Java in Paris event, organized by then-mayor , Jokowi’s eldest son. The uproar over Kaesang’s private jet has apparently led one Indonesian-born Singaporean, Septian Hartono, to file a report against Gar.