The Case Of Alleged Corruption Of The Ministry Of Health's PPE, The KPK Has Determined More Than 1 Suspect

Head of KPK News Section Ali Fikri (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named a suspect in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) for the period 2020-2022 or during the COVID-19 pandemic. The number is more than one person. "There are several people, I think more than one has been named a suspect," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters, Friday, November 10. However, regarding the identity and exact number of suspects in this case, Ali has not opened it. From the results of the temporary investigation, the value of state losses caused reached hundreds of billions of rupiah Meanwhile, the loss was from the project value of Rp3.03 trillion for the procurement of 5 million PPE packages. "So for the time being the state's financial losses reach hundreds of billions of rupiah for 2020, of course we will continue to develop it further," he said. On the other hand, the KPK strongly suspects that there was an alleged corruption during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because, at that moment PPE is very much needed in medical treatment.

"Of course we will fulfill the huge disbursement of funds for the protection of the safety of citizens in the context of Covid-19 in the face of the pandemic, which is suspected of being misused by certain parties for this corrupt practice," said Ali.