JAKARTA - The East Jakarta District Attorney's Office (Kejari) has named three people as suspects in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of sewing machines at the Industrial, Trade, Cooperative and Small and Medium Enterprises (Sudin PPKUKM) Sub-Office of East Jakarta worth Rp9 billion.
"The East Jakarta District Attorney's Office's Pidsus Investigation Team has summoned three witnesses and examined witnesses in the alleged corruption case in the provision of production facilities in the implementation of new industrial entrepreneurship. We have obtained sufficient evidence by raising three witnesses to suspects," said Head of the East Jakarta District Attorney (Kajari) Topik Gunawan, Tuesday.
The procurement of sewing machines is for the 2022-2024 budget year. In this case, the state is suspected of having suffered losses of more than Rp4 billion based on the results of the audit of the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) for the DKI Jakarta Representative.
The three people who were named as suspects, namely IRM as the Director of PT SCS which became the provider of the procurement of sewing machines from 2022 to 2024, PAR as the Commitment Maker Officer (PPK) in 2022, and DER as the PPK in 2023 and 2024. The three of them were named as suspects based on the letter of appointment of suspects dated May 18, 2026.
In the investigation process, the Pidsus team of the Jaktim Prosecutor's Office has examined at least 30 witnesses, requested expert information, and carried out searches and seizures of a number of documents and other evidence. Investigators concluded that there was an alleged deviation in the procurement of sewing machines that took place for three consecutive years.
In addition, Topik explained, in 2022, the East Jakarta PPKUKM Sub-Director allocated a procurement budget of 800 Singer M1155 type manual sewing machines at a unit price of Rp. 3.4 million or a total of Rp. 2.72 billion.
Furthermore, in 2023, 800 Singer sewing machines of the M1255 type were procured at a unit price of Rp4.1 million or a total of Rp3.28 billion. Then in 2024, another 800 Singer sewing machines of the M1255 type were procured at a unit price of Rp3.816 million or a total of Rp3.05 billion.
Thus, the total budget for the procurement of sewing machines for three years has reached more than Rp. 9 billion. All procurement processes are carried out through the e-purchasing mechanism of electronic catalogs or government e-catalogs.
However, in its implementation, investigators found allegations of irregularities in the process of preparing technical specifications, own estimated prices (HPS) and work reference framework (KAK).
Investigators suspect that the preparation of the document was not carried out based on valid and accountable data, but rather using data provided directly by the provider, namely PT SCS.
In addition, investigators also found changes in the technical specifications in the procurement process which were said to be not supported by adequate technical justifications. This condition is then suspected to trigger the occurrence of price mark-ups (mark-ups) in the procurement of Singer sewing machines type M1155 in 2022 and Singer type M1255 in 2023 and 2024.
Furthermore, the East Jakarta Prosecutor's Office assessed that the actions of the suspects were contrary to the provisions of laws and regulations, namely Presidential Regulation Number 16 of 2018 concerning the Procurement of Government Goods/Services as amended by Presidential Regulation Number 12 of 2021.
Then, the Head of the Government Procurement Policy Agency (LKPP) Number 122 of 2022 concerning the Procedures for the Implementation of the Electronic Catalog. Based on the results of the BPKP audit for the DKI Jakarta Representative, the alleged irregularities in the procurement resulted in a loss of state funds of IDR 4.07 billion.
For their actions, the three suspects were charged with the criminal offense of corruption. In the primary indictment, the suspects are suspected of violating Article 603 in conjunction with Article 20 letter a or c of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001.
Meanwhile, in the sub-charge, the suspects were also charged with Article 604 in conjunction with Article 20 letter a or c of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code in conjunction with the provisions of the Law on Eradication of Corruption Crimes.
After undergoing an examination, the two suspects, namely PAR and IRM were immediately detained for the purpose of investigation for 20 days, starting from May 18 to June 6, 2026.
PAR was detained at the Cipinang Class I Detention House based on the Detention Order Number PRINT-01/M.1.13/Fd.2/5/2026, while IRM was detained at the Class II Pondok Bambu Detention Center based on the Detention Order Number PRINT-02/M.1.13/Fd.2/5/2026.
Meanwhile, the suspect DER has not undergone further examination because he was absent with a sick excuse. Investigators ensure that the investigation process for the case is still ongoing to investigate the possibility of the involvement of other parties in the alleged corruption case for the procurement of sewing machines.
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