Related to the demands of a non-governmental organization on receipts and notarization, KPI asserted that the information is compulsory secret.
Pekanbaru, – Information Commission of Riau stated that the receipt and notary act is not a public information, it has categorized as confidential information. It has answered questions of public, government institution and legal entities that use state budget.
It was expressed by the Chairman of the Information Commission of Riau, Mahyudin Yusdar, when contacted on Sunday (September 7th, 2014). Mahyudin revealed that the review of receipt and notary deed of legal entity classified as confidential information based on the inspection by Information Commission of Riau at Riau Forestry Service Department.
“Some time ago, we carry out the examination in Riau Forestry Service Department based on request of dispute lawsuit from TOPAN AD NGO. Based on the Freedom of Information Law No. 14 of 2014, we decided that the receipts and notary deed is not included in the public information. And we make jurisprudence on similar cases in the future,” said Mahyudin.
Mahyudin explained that the receipt was not included in the public information, because it contains some personal information that should not be known by the other party. Such information is the account number and signature that protected by banking law and administrative law population. While for the notarial deed, he also stated that there were several points of agreement between the parties that should not be known by the public.
“Any personal or confidential information may be opened if it has written permission from the related person or information that is needed in law enforcement in a particular case. However, based on the Freedom of Information Law also states that the public can see the receipts but not allowed to copy or record,” Mahyudin said.
Mahyudin also explained that in every contract work which done by government institutions, there is confidential information that should not be known to the public. On that matter he stated the information provider is enough to mark undisclosed information and given the records that include the confidential information. (riauterkini.com)