Investigate Corruption In Procurement Of COVID-19 Masks, Mataram Police Involve LKPP

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The Mataram City Police (Polres) involved the Government Goods/Services Procurement Policy Institute (LKPP) to strengthen criminal evidence in the case of alleged corruption in the procurement of COVID-19 masks in 2020.

"So, the position of LKPP in this case is an expert. LKPP is in Jakarta. We need their views to see the regulations in the process of procuring masks in the midst of the COVID-19 emergency response condition," said Head of the Mataram Police Criminal Investigation Unit Commissioner I Made Yogi Purusa Utama in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), Tuesday, January 23, confiscated by Antara.

He said, at the investigation stage, his party had also asked for information from LKPP. Based on this information, investigators found additional evidence that became the basis for increasing the status of case handling to the investigation stage.

"That's why in this investigation stage, we will ask for more information from LKPP. As a result, we will use the completeness of the file to support the steps to calculate state financial losses from BPKP," he said.

The procurement of COVID-19 masks in 2020 uses NTB Provincial APBD funds worth IDR 12.3 billion. The government prepared the funds from the results of the budget refocusing policy during the pandemic.

The Mataram Police have carried out an investigation since January 2023. Then the status of handling to the investigation stage in mid-September 2023.

In this case, investigators have found indications of unlawful acts that lead to criminal acts of corruption.

In the investigation stage, witness examination and other evidence collection are still ongoing, including strengthening evidence in terms of state losses.

Investigators in this case collaborated with BPKP to conduct an audit of state losses.