KPK Arrest Fugitive Case Of E-KTP Paulus Tannos
JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested one of its fugitives, Paulus Tannos, who is the President Director of PT Sandipala Arthaputra in Singapore. He is a suspect in the alleged corruption of the electronic identity procurement project (e-KTP).
Even though he has been arrested, Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Fitroh Rohcahyanto said Paulus has not been brought to Jakarta. He has not detailed when the fugitive since the era of the 2015-2019 leadership was brought to Jakarta.
"(Paul Tannos, ed) is still in Singapore," Fitroh said when contacted by reporters, Friday, January 24.
Fitroh said there are a number of things that still need to be done before Paul can be brought to Jakarta. Coordination is still ongoing.
"KPK is coordinating by completing the requirements to extradite the person concerned," he said.
As previously reported, the KPK revealed that Paulus Tannos no longer holds Indonesian passports. As a result, they could not arrest the suspect in the alleged corruption of the Electronic KTP (e-KTP) procurement project even though they had found it in neighboring countries.
The corruption case in the procurement of e-KTP has cost the state up to IDR 2.3 trillion if it refers to the report of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK).
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This case dragged the names of a number of high-ranking officials in the ministry, such as former Director General of Dukcapil Irman and former official at the Ministry of Home Affairs Sugiharto. In addition, there is also the name of former DPR Speaker Setya Novanto, former member of Commission III of the DPR Hanura Faction, Miryam S Haryani, a former member of Commission III of the DPR Markus Nari.
Then the KPK again named four new suspects in the e-KTP case in August 2020. They are former members of Commission II of the DPR from the Hanura Party faction Miryam S Haryani, President Director of the Indonesian State Printing Corporation (PNRI) as well as Chairman of the PNRI Consortium Isnu Edhi Wijaya, Head of the Information Technology Technical Team for the Application of ID cards Husni Fahmi, and President Director of PT Sandipala Arthaputra, Paulus Tanos.