2 Ministry Of Manpower Civil Servants Called In Corruption Cases Procurement Of The TKI Protection System

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned two civil servants (PNS) at the Ministry of Manpower (Kemnaker) today. Both were summoned as witnesses to alleged corruption in the procurement of the Indonesian labor protection system (TKI).

"Located at the KPK's Red and White Building, the investigative team has scheduled the summons and examination of witnesses," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters, Wednesday, August 30.

The two civil servants summoned by investigators were Aniek Soelistyawati who was also the Chair of the 2012 Procurement Committee and Ahmad Elvan Fadli. It is suspected that both of them knew about the corrupt practices that occurred in the ministry so that information was needed.

As previously reported, the KPK said that there were three suspects named in the corruption case at the Ministry of Manpower. Although the KPK has not yet submitted it, the Secretary of the Planning and Development Agency of the Ministry of Manpower I Nyoman Darmanta is reportedly involved.

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.