Sugiharto Ex-convicts In Corruption Cases In The KPK E-KTP Project Are Worked On Today

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has scheduled an examination of Sugiharto, the former Director of Population Administration Information Management (PIAK) of the Directorate General of Dukcapil, today, Monday, March 17. The former convict was questioned as a witness in the corruption case of the electronic ID card procurement project (e-KTP).

"The investigation was carried out at the KPK's Red and White building," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika to reporters, Monday, March 17.

Tessa did not specify the examination material examined by investigators from Sugiharto in this case. However, there are still a number of suspects who have not been detained by the KPK in this case, such as former members of the Indonesian House of Representativesir S. Haryani and Paulus Tannos who are the President Directors of PT Sandipala Arthaputra.

Paulus Tannos, who had been a fugitive, has been arrested by the Singaporean authorities. He is currently in the process of repatriation through the extradition treaty mechanism.

Meanwhile, Sugiharto is the first class suspect in this case. He was later sentenced to 5 years in prison in 2017 and increased to 15 years in prison at the cassation level.

Sugiharto was later released from the Sukamiskin Prison in Bandung. He was released in October 2024 with the former Director General of Dukcapil Irman; and former Director of PT Quadra Solution, Anang Sudihardjo.

Previously reported, the corruption case in the e-KTP procurement project cost the state up to Rp2.3 trillion if referring to the report from the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK).

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.

The KPK last 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.