JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said the investigation into the alleged corruption in the procurement of Google Cloud was still ongoing. Investigation is being carried out to find the fraudulent mode of practice.
"This is what we are investigating. Is this happening too expensive or what," said Acting Deputy for Enforcement of the KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu to reporters quoted on Saturday, July 26.
Asep said that the procurement of Google Cloud, which was suspected of being corrupted, occurred during the COVID-19 or 2020 pandemic. At that time, the government did make online school rules due to activity restrictions to prevent transmission of the virus.
This Google Cloud, he continued, serves to store data such as tasks to test results. Asep said, the way it works is actually the same as the current online storage on smart cellphones.
"We ourselves want to store foro, video, or what, we are stored in the cloud. That's pay. Well, this too. The cloud is what we are investigating," he said.
Furthermore, Asep emphasized that this investigation is different from the Chromebook corruption investigation which has been handled by the Attorney General's Office (AGO). If Google Cloud is one of the software. The software is to place data, store data from all over Indonesia, all schools in Indonesia," said the KPK Director of Investigation.
Previously reported, the KPK agreed to investigate allegations of corruption in the procurement of Google Cloud services at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology (Kemendikbudristek). This case is still related to the procurement of Chromebooks during the Nadiem Makarim era.
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Meanwhile, the alleged corruption in the procurement of Chromebooks has been handled by the Attorney General's Office at this time. Four suspects have been named, one of whom is Jurist Tan, who is a special staff (stafsus) Nadiem Makarim while serving as Minister of Education and Culture.
Then, the other three suspects are Mulatsyah as Director of SMP Kemendikbudristek; Sri Wahyuningsih as Director of the Ministry of Education and Culture Elementary School; and Ibrahim Arief who is a consultant at the Ministry of Education and Culture. The suspect's announcement was made on Tuesday, July 15.
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