Central Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office Examines 20 Witnesses In The Corruption Case Of The Health Lab, Faculty Of Medicine, Untad

Laboratory illustration for scientific research. (Pixabay)

Central Sulawesi (Sulteng) High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) investigators examined 20 witnesses related to allegations of corruption in the procurement of medical laboratory equipment (labkes) at the Faculty of Medicine, Tadulako University (Untad) in 2022. "Since being raised to the investigation stage, there have been 20 people who have been examined as witnesses from the Untad Faculty of Medicine," said Acting Head of the Central Sulawesi Attorney General's Office Abdul Haris Kiay in Palu, Tuesday, September 26, quoted by Antara. He revealed that investigators had examined witnesses with the initials AL and S on Monday, September 25, then followed EY and NS on Tuesday, September 26 morning. Haris explained, in the case of Untad labkes corruption, investigations were carried out on officials at the faculty and third parties as well as case titles. Furthermore, it was raised to the investigation stage based on Sprindik Number: Print 03/P.2/Fd.1/09/2023, Thursday 7 September 2023. Based on the data obtained, it is suspected that there has been a criminal act of corruption in the procurement of laboratory equipment for the 2022 fiscal year with a number of modes. In 2022, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine submitted a letter requesting the procurement of educational laboratory equipment to the Chancellor of Untad by attaching a list of needs of 105 equipment. "Then the tender process was announced on June 2, 2022 with a total ceiling of more than Rp13 billion," he said. of the 74 tools contained in the Cost Budget Plan (RAB), including 15 percent overhead costs, 5 percent delivery costs and 11 percent PPN so that a total of 31 percent with the mention of the specifications of tools, brands and models.

The tender process was won by CV SBA with an offering value of more than Rp. 12 billion, but on its way it was suspected that there were several irregularities, among others, CV SBA had not included a single item until September 2022. "All forms of the mode were carried out, of course, it would be a question material in the investigation process," said Haris. Price checks through the catalog of 74 equipment items according to specifications, the total budget spent was only more than Rp. 5.4 billion. "Based on calculations, it was found that the alleged mark up or price inflated was more than Rp. 7 billion," he said.