Indosat President Director Irsyad Sahroni Absent From KPK Calls Regarding Bank EDC Procurement Corruption

KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said the Director of PT Indosat (Tbk), Irsyad Sahroni, did not fulfill the investigator's summons on Wednesday, October 8. He should have been questioned as a witness regarding the alleged corruption in the procurement of red-plate bank EDC machines.

"Not present," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters when confirmed, Thursday, October 9.

Budi has not detailed the reasons for Irsyad's absence. "It's being checked," he said.

The KPK revealed that the investigation into alleged corruption in the procurement of red plate bank EDC machines was not only targeting the equipment. Investigators also explored soft software or software that became the system.

"In the procurement of this EDC machine, there are two mechanisms. The first he bought broke, bought the item. Another one with a rental scheme. Including this EDC machine is hardware and software or something. That means there is a system too. Well, that's what everything (will, ed) be explored, "said Budi on a separate occasion.

"This condition, continued Budi, is the basis for investigators to summon a number of parties, including private parties. Yang sebagai penyedia barang dan jasa dari pengadaan mesin EDC ini,he said.

Investigators in this case are known to have summoned a number of directors of private companies.

On Wednesday, for example, Heryadi was summoned by the Director as PT IP Network Solusindo; Yuliana Efendi, Director of PT Mutu Utama Indonesia; and Director of PT Solusindo Global Digital Dandi Setiyawan.

Then Royke Lumban Tobing was also summoned as Director of PT Spentera; Masagus Krisna Ilmaliansyah who is the administrator of CV Dwipayana Information Technology; and Dian Budi Lestari as Director of PT Dimension Digital Nusantara.

Next, investigators also summoned Faisal Mulia Nasution as Director of PT Fiber Networks Indonesia; CU Ian Wijaya who is the Director of PT Kawan Sejati Teknologi; and Riski Lana as Director of PT Smartnet Magna Global.

Previously reported, the KPK announced five suspects in alleged corruption in the procurement of EDC machines. They are Catur Budi Harto who is the former Deputy Director of a state-owned bank; Indra Utoyo who is the former Director of Information Technology Digital (ICT) and Operations of the same state-owned bank; and Dedi Sunardi who is the SEVP Management of Activators and Procurement.

Meanwhile, the private sector designated is Elvizar, who is the former Director of PT Pacific Cipta Solusi and Rudi Suprayudi from PT Bringin Inti Teknologi. Even so, the five of them have not been detained.

The procurement of EDC machines at one of the state-owned banks in the 2020-2024 period used a broken and rental purchase scheme. The amount of procurement of EDC machines in the buy and break scheme for the 2020-2023 period reached 346,838 units with a budget of Rp942,794,220,000.

Meanwhile, the rental scheme was carried out twice, namely in 2020 for three years at once until 2023 and 2023 for the extension of 2024-2026. The total budget reached IDR 1,258,550,510,487 with a total EDC for merchant needs of 200,067 units.

The scheme for buying and selling state losses reached Rp241,065,269,129. As for the rental scheme, the state lost up to Rp503,475,105,185.