Ex-Minister Of Home Affairs Gamawan Fauzi Called By KPK For E-KTP Corruption Case

Former Minister of Home Affairs Gamawan Fauzi/DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned the former Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Gamawan Fauzi. He will be questioned regarding the alleged corruption in the procurement of e-KTP.

Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, said Gamawan would be questioned today.

"Today (examined in relation to, ed) the criminal act of corruption in the procurement of a package for implementing a National Identity Card based on a National Population Identification Number or Electronic ID Card for PLS suspects," Ali said in a written statement to reporters, Wednesday, June 29.

The PLS in question is the Director of PT Sandipala Arthapura, Paulus Tanos, who has not yet been detained because he is still in Singapore.

As previously reported, this corruption case in the procurement of e-KTP has cost the state up to Rp. 2.3 trillion when referring to the report from the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK).

This case dragged the names of a number of high-ranking officials in the ministry, such as the former Director General of Civil Registration and Civil Registration Irman and a former official at the Ministry of Home Affairs, Sugiharto. In addition, there are also the names of former DPR Speaker Setya Novanto, former member of DPR Commission III Fraction Hanura Miryam S Haryani, former DPR Commission III member Markus Nari.

The KPK last named four new suspects in the e-KTP case in August 2020. They are former members of Commission II DPR Hanura Party Fraction Miryam S Haryani, President Director of the Republic of Indonesia Printing Press (PNRI) and Chairman of the PNRI Consortium Isnu Edhi Wijaya, Head of the Information Technology Technical Team for the Application of KTP Husni Fahmi, and President Director of PT Sandipala Arthaputra, Paulus Tanos.