Menkum Yakin Singapore Pay Attention To Good Relations With RI For Paulus Tanns Extradition

Minister of Law (Menkum) Supratman Andi Agtas in a special interview with ANTARA in Jakarta, Monday (4/8/2025). (ANTARA/Agatha Olivia Victoria)

JAKARTA - Minister of Law (Menkum) Supratman Andi Agtas believes the Singapore government will pay attention to good relations with Indonesia regarding the request for extradition of fugitives in the corruption case of the electronic identity card procurement project (KTP-el) Paulus Tannos alias Thian Po Tjhin.

Because, said the Minister of Law and Human Rights said, the request for Tannos extradition was carried out based on the extradition treaty and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (MLA) between Indonesia and Singapore.

"Be sure and believe that the good relations that are now created as a friendly and neighboring country, the Singapore government will also definitely pay attention to that," Supratman said in a special interview with ANTARA, Monday, August 4.

However, he did not deny that the executive institution in Singapore could not interfere with the judiciary in the country, nor could it be in Indonesia.

In Singapore, the Tannos extradition process is still in court with the agenda of examining witnesses.

Prior to the trial, said the Minister of Law and Human Rights, there had been a trial requesting a suspension of handling by Tannos which was rejected by the court in Negeri

In the main trial process of the extradition case, the Minister of Law and Human Rights said that his party, as the central authority of the Republic of Indonesia, had completed all the documents needed by the Singaporean authorities as representatives of the Republic of Indonesia in the evidence in the Singapore court.

"So now we just hope that hopefully this can be finished in October? Or in September? And no one is appealed or vice versa, suddenly Paulus Tannos voluntarily wants to be extradited, right?" said the Minister of Law and Human Rights.

A preliminary hearing in a first-degree court or a commitment hearing on Tannos extradition has already begun in Singapore's district court on Monday (23/6).

Paulus Tannos is a fugitive in the corruption case of the electronic identity card procurement project (KTP-el) handled by the Indonesian KPK and is on the wanted list since October 19, 2021.

On January 17, 2025, Tannos was arrested by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) which has competence and authority in handling corruption in Singapore.

Then, on February 22, 2025, the Indonesian government submitted a request for Tannos extradition to Singapore. This extradition is the first case after the Indonesian government signed a joint agreement with the Singapore government.