Complaints Of Alleged Corruption In The Procurement Of Mirage Fighter Jets 2000-5 From Qatar Received By KPK

Head of KPK News Section Ali Fikri (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has received complaints of alleged corruption in the procurement of Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets at the Ministry of Defense (Kemenhan) from Qatar. This complaint was conveyed by the Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform today, Tuesday, February 13. "Yes, that's right, after we checked, it is true that there was a report in question," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters in a written statement, Tuesday, February 13. Ali said that every public report that comes in regarding allegations of corruption must be followed up. The anti-corruption commission will verify. "We verified according to the provisions first by the public complaint section at the Deputy for Information and Data of the KPK," he said. As previously reported, the Civil Society Coalition reported allegations of corruption at the Ministry of Defense (Kemenhan) regarding the purchase of Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets from Qatar. This familiar practice is expected to be handled. " “ It is important for the KPK leadership to immediately investigate this and dismantle it as widely as possible to the public so that there is no more slander," said Impartial Researcher Hussein Ahmad to reporters at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, February 13. The Coalition for Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform that is part of the reporting is the Association of Legal Aid and Human Rights (PBHI), Imparsial, Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), Transparency International Indonesia (TII). Then Centra Initiative, Elsam, National Walhi, Setara Institute, HRWG, Lingkar Madani, and KontraS. Meanwhile, Kurnia Ramadhana, who is an ICW researcher, emphasized that this report has nothing to do with the 2024 presidential election. They only urged that the allegations be thoroughly investigated.

Moreover, there is information that states that an official at the Ministry of Defense gets a kickback or fee from the procurement. “ This has nothing to do with elections, it has nothing to do with political interests, ” he said.