KPK Names 7 Suspects In LPEI Case

KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardika. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named seven suspects in a corruption case in the provision of credit facilities from the Indonesian Export Financing Agency (LPEI). Of these, there are state administrators and entangled private parties.

"The KPK has named seven suspects consisting of state and private administrators related to the investigation of corruption in the provision of financing facilities from the Indonesian Export Financing Agency," said KPK Spokesperson Tessa Mahardika to reporters in a video statement, Wednesday, July 31.

Tessa has not detailed further about the determination of the suspect. He only said that the process of collecting evidence was continuing, one of which was by calling witnesses.

"The investigation process is currently underway by examining witnesses and confiscation of evidence," he said.

In addition, the KPK also asked the Directorate General of Immigration of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) to prevent seven people from leaving the country. This request is based on Decree Number 981 of 2024.

"The travel ban is valid for the next six months," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK received a report on the alleged corruption at LPEI that had been received since May 2023. This was conveyed after the Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani coordinated a similar case with the Attorney General's Office (AGO) some time ago.

In this case, LPEI allegedly caused the state to lose up to Rp766,705,455,000 from financing PT PE. This figure arose after the agency's provision of export working capital loans (KMKE) but the process was not careful and did not pay attention to the condition of the debtor.