KPK Finds Out The Process Of Auction For System Procurement Projects At The Ministry Of Manpower Through I Nyoman Darmanta

Illustration of the KPK's Red and White Building in Jakarta. (doc VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is questioning the Secretary of the Planning and Development Agency of the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker) I Nyoman Darmanta regarding the auction process for the Indonesian labor protection system (TKI) procurement project.

Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri said Nyoman was examined along with two other witnesses, namely former Secretary General of the Ministry of Manpower M. A. Hasoloan and civil servant (PNS) of the Ministry of Manpower Rima Febrina Laura A. The examination was carried out at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, September 21.

"Witnesses were present and their knowledge was explored, among others, related to the preparation and implementation of the auction for the project to procure the TKI protection system at the Indonesian Ministry of Manpower," Ali said in a written statement quoted on Saturday, September 23.

Previously reported, the KPK has named three suspects in the corruption case in the procurement of this system. Although not yet mentioned, information circulated that the three were the Secretary of the Planning and Development Agency of the Ministry of Manpower I Nyoman Darmanta, the former Director General of the Ministry of Manpower who is now the Chairman of the Bali PKB DPW Reyna Usman, and a private sector.

In investigating this case, several witnesses have been examined. One of them is the former Minister of Manpower (Menaker) Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin who served for the 2009-2014 period on Thursday, September 7.

The value of the information system procurement project that is suspected to be the result of the perpetrators reached around Rp. 20 billion. Deputy Chairman Alexander Marwata said that this system was allegedly corrupted until it could not be used to monitor migrant workers.

"Those who can only use computers to type and so on. However, the system itself is not running," he said to reporters in Jakarta, Thursday, August 24.