One Event KPK Leader With Witness In Bank EDC Procurement Corruption Case

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JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Johanis Tanak was caught at an event with the President Director of the Red plate bank Pension Fund (Dapen), Ngatari on Tuesday, October 7.

Ngatari is known to have been examined as a witness in the corruption case in the procurement of state-owned bank EDC machines in 2020-2024 on Monday, October 6. He has also undergone examination at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.

In this activity, Johanis Tanak had warned of the need for business activities at state-owned banks based on the principles of good corporate governance. Because, the impact is extraordinary on the lives of many people.

"The business world has an extraordinary impact on people's lives. So it takes leaders with integrity, because if integrity is lost, the risk of irregularities and corruption will definitely increase," said Tanak as quoted from the institution's official statement.

In addition, Tanak also had time to talk about the integrity of the leadership. All decisions must be taken by applying the principles of the Business Judgment Rule (BJR) or business decisions taken with the principles of prudence, good faith, and can be legally and morally accounted for.

"A good decision is a decision that can be accounted for, not a personal or group benefit," he said.

This Tanak statement was then welcomed by Ngatari by stating that the pension funds she managed reached Rp38 trillion. So that strong governance and continuous supervision are needed.

"We hope that the KPK's guidance can strengthen our governance," said Ngatari.

After the event, Johanis Tanak then took pictures with the board of directors including Ngatari. Until now, KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo has not spoken about the presence of his leader at the event.

The KPK leadership is actually not allowed to meet with litigants. This prohibition is regulated in Article 36 of the KPK Law.

The following is the article read:

"The leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission is prohibited from: a. Having direct or indirect relationships with suspects or other parties who are related to corruption cases handled by the Corruption Eradication Commission for any reason."

Previously reported, the KPK has 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 Activatement 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.