2 Former Director Of PT Sritex Called By KPK Regarding Allegations Of Presidential Social Assistance During COVID-19
JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned two former Finance Directors of PT Sritex, Allan Moran Severino and Supartodi today. They will be questioned regarding the alleged corruption of the president's social assistance (bansos) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Greater Jakarta area.
"The examination was carried out at the BPKP Representative Office of DI Yogyakarta," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters in a written statement, Friday, June 20.
Apart from Allan and Supartodi, the KPK also summoned Adi Wahyono as the former Head of the General Bureau of the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) in 2017-2020. However, Budi has not detailed the examination material for the three.
"KPK has scheduled the examination of witnesses for alleged corruption related to the president's social assistance for handling COVID-19 in the Jabodetabek area at the Ministry of Social Affairs in 2020," he said.
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Previously reported, the KPK revealed that it was investigating allegations of corruption in the procurement of presidential social assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic which was distributed in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Jabodetabek) in 2020. There are already suspects named, namely Ivo Wongkaren who is the President Director of Mitra Energi Persada.
The actions of the suspect in this case called the KPK caused the state to lose up to Rp250 billion due to a reduction in quality. This number can still increase because the calculation is still being carried out.
The procurement that was corrupted was called the KPK reaching 6 million packages. This figure is divided into three stages, namely, stages three, five, and six, the other reaching two million packages.
The corrupted social assistance was distributed by the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in a goodiebag with the Presidential Palace logo. In it there are rice, biscuits, cooking oil to other basic necessities.