KPK Not Present, Paulus Tannos Pretrial Session Postponed 2 Weeks

JAKARTA - The South Jakarta District Court (PN) has postponed the pretrial trial for a fugitive in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of electronic ID cards (e-KTP), Paulus Tannos, against the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) until Monday, November 24.

As for today's first pretrial hearing with the classification of cases, namely whether or not the arrests were legal, the KPK was not present and therefore the trial was postponed for two weeks.

"We will call back. Two weeks, namely Monday, November 24, 2025. The applicant's obligation is one more person, please complete the administration of his presence," said Harida Rahardhini in the inaugural trial of Paulus Tannos' pretrial at the South Jakarta District Court, Monday, which was confiscated by Antara.

Meanwhile, the defendant's attorney, Rangga Sujudwidigda, chose not to give any response regarding the pretrial hearing or legal case faced by his client.

"We will wait for an answer from the KPK first. Until we see what the response from the KPK looks like, we will not give any responses first," he said after the trial.

Rangga also did not want to comment on whether or not this pretrial hearing was in the Tannos extradition process.

"We are waiting for the KPK's answer first, if later the KPK has given a response, we will definitely answer it. Before the KPK's answer, we don't want to influence with our answer," he said.

Tannos filed a pretrial lawsuit at the South Jakarta District Court against the KPK for his arrest.

He was recorded as registering the pretrial on Friday, October 31, with case number 143/Pid.Pra/2025/PN JKT.SEL.

The petition items (pockets) that were submitted were not stated.

Paulus Tannos alias Thian Po Tjhin was arrested by the KPK in Singapore in early January 2025 and is currently still undergoing extradition in Singapore court.

Meanwhile, he was named a suspect in the development of an investigation into a corruption case in the procurement of electronic ID cards on August 13, 2019 with an alleged state financial loss of up to around Rp. 2.3 trillion.

However, Tannos fled abroad and changed his identity. He was then added to the wanted list (DPO) or fugitive from the KPK since October 19, 2021.