The Suspect In The E-KTP Case, Paulus Tannos, Was Summoned By The KPK

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned the suspect in the mega-corruption case of e-KTP procurement, Paulus Tannos today or Friday, September 24.

The President Director of PT Sandipala Arthapura will be questioned as a suspect by investigators who handle the rasuah case which has cost the state up to trillions of rupiah.

"PLS, the President Director of PT Sandipala Arthapura will be questioned as a suspect related to the procurement of the Electronic ID card application package," said Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Sector Ali Fikri to reporters, Friday, September 24.

In this case, the KPK named four new suspects in August 2019. They are former DPR member Miryam S Hariyani; President Director of Perum PNRI who is also Chairman of the PNRI Consortium, Isnu Edhi Wijaya; Head of the Information Technology Technical Team for the Application of Electronic Identity Cards, Husni Fahmi; and the President Director of PT Sandipala Arthaputra, Paulus Tannos.

The company led by Tannos, PT Sandipala Arthapura, allegedly enriched up to Rp145.85 billion from this project.

For information, this corruption case in the procurement of e-KTP has cost the state up to Rp. 2.3 trillion when referring to the report from the Supreme Audit Agency.

This case dragged the names of a number of high-ranking officials in the ministry, such as the former Director General of Dukcapil Irman and a former official at the Ministry of Home Affairs, Sugiharto.

In addition, there are also the names of the former Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives Setya Novanto, the former member of Commission III of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia, the Hanura Miryam S Haryani, and the former member of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives Markus Nari.