BPKP Calculates State Losses For Corruption In Procurement Of COVID-19 Masks In NTB

Photos of BPKP Representative NTB Islands. (ANTARA/Dhimas B.P.)

NTB - The Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) Representative of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) conducted an audit of the calculation of state financial losses in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of COVID-19 masks.

"Yes, the assignment letter was issued on July 3 yesterday," said BPKP spokesman for the NTB Representative Unique Novia Dara by telephone from Mataram, Friday, July 5, confiscated by Antara.

With the issuance of the assignment letter, the BPKP together with police investigators are preparing an agenda for calculating state financial losses.

Head of the Mataram Police Satreskrim Kompol I Made Yogi Purusa Utama said that his party had received the information officially from the NTB Representative BPKP.

"Furthermore, this letter of assignment from BPKP will be the basis for the Head of the Mataram Police to issue a letter to us in providing assistance in the audit process at BPKP," he said.

With the issuance of the BPKP assignment letter, Yogi emphasized that police investigators support BPKP's efforts in the audit process.

"Given the number of witnesses in this case there are 105 people, many of whom are from the MSMEs providing masks, this is spread across all regencies/cities, we hope they can be collected in one place to facilitate the audit process," he said.

The COVID-19 mask procurement project, which is suspected to be problematic, will run in 2020. The government provides a budget of IDR 12.3 billion.

The funds came from the results of a budget refocusing policy during the pandemic. Project work is under the NTB Provincial Cooperatives and MSMEs Office.

The Mataram Police carried out an investigation since January 2023, then increased 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.