Andi Narogong Not Responding To The KPK's Call Regarding The E-KTP Corruption Case
JAKARTA - Entrepreneurs who are also former convicts of corruption in the electronic identity card procurement project (e-KTP), Andi Narogong, are absent from the summons of investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). He should have been examined as a witness today.
"Not present. The information is not present," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika to reporters at the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, March 18.
Tessa has not received further information from investigators about Andi's absence from the KPK's Red and White building. "Whether the person concerned confirmed his absence or not," he said.
The KPK has summoned Sugiharto, who is the former Director of Population Administration Information Management (PIAK) of the Directorate General of Dukcapil in this case on Monday, March 17 yesterday. He was questioned as a witness and fulfilled the summons even though the results had not been detailed.
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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 Speaker of the House of Representatives Setya Novanto, former member of Commission III DPR Hanura Faction Miryam S Haryani, former member of Commission III of the House of Representatives 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.