Procurement Of Fishery Inspection Ship Systems At KKP Researched By KPK

KPK Spokesperson Tessa Mahardika At The Jakarta Corruption Eradication Commission Building (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating the procurement of the Indonesian Fishery Inspection Ship System (SKIPI) at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP). Three members of the 2009 technical team were worked on as witnesses on Monday, July 15.

KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardika detailed that the three technical teams were Suryanto, Tiniploy, and Waluyo Sejati Abutohir. They were questioned at the KPK's Red and White Building, South Jakarta.

"The deepening material regarding procedures and flow for the procurement of the Indonesian Fishery Inspection Ship System (SKIPI) at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP)," said Tessa in a written statement quoted on Tuesday, July 16.

This case was initially investigated because it was related to the alleged rasuah for the procurement of 16 units of fast patrol boats at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise for the 2013-2015 Fiscal Year. There are four President Directors of PT Daya Radar Utama (PT DRU), Amir Gunawan; Commitment Making Officer (PPK) Customs and Excise, Istadi Prajastanto; Chairman of the Auction Committee, Heru Sumarwanto; and Aris Rustandi as PPK KKP.

Istadi, Amir, and Heru are suspected of committing a number of unlawful acts in the procurement process to the implementation of the procurement work for 16 fast patrol boats (Fast Patrol Boats/FCB) at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise.

Then, both of them were also suspected of having caused problems in signing the work contract for the procurement of 4 60-meter ships for the Fishery Inspection Ship System (SKIPI) at the Directorate General of Marine Resources and Fisheries of the KKP. The contract value of this project is USD 58,307,789.