Jurist Tan Suspect Of Chromebook Mangkir Again, AGO Finds Ways To Bring It To RI

Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) Attorney General Anang Supriatna. (ANTARA/Nadia Putri Rahmani)

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) revealed that Jurist Tan, a suspect in the alleged corruption case at the Ministry of Education and Culture regarding the procurement of Chromebooks, was absent from the second summons as a suspect.

"The person concerned has been summoned as a second (as a suspect) on July 21, but did not come, there was no confirmation," said Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) at the AGO Anang Supriatna as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 23.

Investigators at the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus), said Anang, are currently preparing to summon Jurist Tan for the third time as a suspect.

In addition, investigators are also trying to bring Jurist Tan to Indonesia. For information, the former special staff of the Minister of Education and Culture was last traced to Singapore.

"We are currently trying how to bring it to Indonesia and coordinate with related parties," he said.

The AGO has named four suspects in the alleged corruption case at the Ministry of Education and Culture in the education digitization program for the 2019-2022 period.

Former Director of Investigation at Jampidsus Abdul Qohar revealed that the four suspects were JT (Jurist Tan) as Special Staff (Stafsus) of the Minister of Education and Culture in 2020-2024 and IBAM (Ibrahim Arief) as a former technology consultant at the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Furthermore, SW (Sri Wahyuningsih) as Director of School Directors of Elementary Schools (SD) of the Directorate of Basic Education and Secondary Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture in 2020 2020 2021 as well as the power of budget users within the Directorate of Elementary Schools in the 2020-2021 fiscal year.

Finally, MUL (Mulyatsyah) as Director of Junior High School (SMP) of the Directorate of Basic Education and Secondary Education of the Ministry of Education and Culture in 2020 2021 as well as the power of budget users within the Directorate of Junior High School for the first fiscal year 20202021.

"In the implementation of the procurement, SW, MUL, JT, and IBAM have committed acts against the law of abusing their authority by making implementation instructions leading to certain products, namely Chrome OS for the procurement of ICT in the 2020-2020 fiscal year," said Qohar.

As a result of the actions of the suspects, the state is estimated to have suffered a loss of around Rp. 1.9 trillion.

Suspects SW and MUL have been detained at the Salemba Branch of the Attorney General's Office for the next 20 days since Tuesday (15/7).

Meanwhile, suspect Ibrahim Arief is under city arrest for having chronic heart disease, while the presence of Jurist Tan is still being hunted by investigators.