Arrested At Changi Airport, Paulus Tannos Fugitive KPK Called After Traveling

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JAKARTA - Fugitive from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Paulus Tannos has been arrested by the Singaporean authorities. The suspect in the corruption case in the procurement of electronic identity cards (e-KTP) is suspected to have just traveled.

"(Arrested, red) in Changi. The info is back from abroad," said a VOI source when contacted, Friday, January 24.

Meanwhile, KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika admitted that she had not received this information. He only confirmed that the extradition process was currently being carried out.

"I can't reveal anything about it because the process is still ongoing. We are waiting for the update to be the same," Tessa told reporters in a written statement.

As previously reported, the KPK revealed that Paulus Tannos no longer holds Indonesian passports. As a result, they could not arrest the suspect in the alleged corruption of the Electronic KTP (e-KTP) procurement project even though they had found it in neighboring countries.

The corruption case in the procurement of e-KTP has cost the state up to IDR 2.3 trillion if it refers to the report of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK).

This case dragged the names of a number of high-ranking officials in the ministry, such as former Director General of Dukcapil Irman and former official at the Ministry of Home Affairs Sugiharto. In addition, there is also the name of former DPR Speaker Setya Novanto, former member of Commission III of the DPR Hanura Faction, Miryam S Haryani, a former member of Commission III of the DPR Markus Nari.

Then the KPK again named four new suspects in the e-KTP case in August 2020. They are former members of Commission II of the DPR from the Hanura Party faction Miryam S Haryani, President Director of the Indonesian State Printing Corporation (PNRI) as well as Chairman of the PNRI Consortium Isnu Edhi Wijaya, Head of the Information Technology Technical Team for the Application of ID cards Husni Fahmi, and President Director of PT Sandipala Arthaputra, Paulus Tanos.