PT EKI Boss Satrio Wibowo Files Pretrial Lawsuit After KPK Detained

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JAKARTA - President Director of PT Energi Kita Indonesia (EKI), Satrio Wibowo, sued the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). He did not accept being named a suspect in alleged corruption in the procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes).

Satrio fought against the determination of the suspect on Friday, October 18. He registered his lawsuit with the South Jakarta District Court (PN) and registered with case number 108/Pid.Pra/2024/PN JKT. Cell.

In his lawsuit, this private party asked the South Jakarta District Court to examine the determination of the suspect by the KPK. Meanwhile, Satrio is currently in detention.

Meanwhile, the KPK was not afraid of Satrio's pretrial lawsuit because the legal process was carried out according to procedures. KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardika said the legal bureau team was ready to face the legal process.

"KPK invites the suspect to submit a pretrial application according to the rights granted by the applicable legal rules," said Tessa in a written statement.

"We, through the KPK Legal Bureau, will face and oversee the trial process," continued the spokesman with the investigator's background.

Previously reported, the KPK has detained two suspects in the corruption case in the procurement of COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPD) using ready-to-use funds from the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) on October 3. They are commitment-making officials (PPK) at the Ministry of Health Budi Badya and the President Director of PT Energi Kita Indonesia, Satrio Wibowo.

Meanwhile, another suspect, Ahmad Taufik as the President Director of PT Permana Putra Mandiri (PPM) due to his health condition. He had just undergone surgery.

In this case, the three of them allegedly caused the state to lose up to Rp319 billion based on the results of an audit by the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP). The KPK said there were a number of violations of the purchase procedure.

One of the mistakes was the distribution by the TNI on the orders of the Head of BNPB at that time took PPD from a producer owned by PT PPM in the Bonded Area and sent it directly to 10 provinces without documentation, supporting evidence and ordering letters.

Then there was a renegotiation carried out by Harmensyah as the BNPB Budget User Authority (KPA) so that the PPE price was lowered by 10 US dollars or from 60 dollars to 50 dollars. This process, called the KPK, does not refer to the price of the same brand PPE purchased by the Ministry of Health previously, which was Rp. 370 thousand.

Next there is a backdate to appoint Budi as PPK for the procurement of PPE at the Ministry of Health on March 28, 2020. Meanwhile, the letter was issued the day before.

Then, there is also an PPD Order Letter from the Ministry of Health to PT PPM in the amount of 5 million sets with a unit price of 48.4 US dollars signed by Budi, Ahmad Taufik and Satrio. However, there are no job specifications, work implementation time, payment and the rights and obligations of the parties in detail.

In addition, the Order Letter was addressed to PT PPM, but PT EKI also signed. As a result of their actions, the suspects were suspected of violating Article 2 paragraph 1 or Article 3 of the Corruption Eradication Law (UU Tipikor) in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code (KUHP).