Komdigi Supports All Law Enforcement Efforts Related To All Alleged Corruption Of PDNS

Secretary General of Komdigi Ismail (photo: Doc. Komdigi)

JAKARTA - Secretary General (Secretary General) of the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs, Ismail emphasized his full support for the law enforcement process related to allegations of corruption in the Temporary National Data Center (PDNS).

In his official statement, Ismail said that this support is Komdigi's commitment in upholding the principles of transparency, accountability, and good governance in all goods and services processes.

In addition, Ismail also emphasized that as a law-abiding institution, Komdigi is ready to cooperate fully with law enforcement officials in the ongoing investigation process regarding the alleged corruption of PDNS in the previous government period 2020-2024.

"We are ready to provide the information and data needed to ensure that the legal process runs smoothly," said Ismail in his official statement.

Ismail also explained that the PDNS project was designed to strengthen national data infrastructure to support Indonesia's digital transformation, especially in terms of data security and public service efficiency.

On the evening of March 13, the Central Jakarta District Attorney (Kejari Jakpus) conducted searches in several places in the areas of Central Jakarta, South Jakarta, Bogor, and South Tangerang regarding this alleged corruption.

The case began in 2020, at which time Komdigi was still the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) procuring PDNS goods and services worth Rp. 958 billion.

In its implementation, it is suspected that there was a conditioning for the winning of the PDNS contract between Kominfo officials and the private sector, in this case PT. AL with a contract value of Rp. 60,378,450,000.

Then in 2021, the same private company won a tender with a contract value of Rp 102,671,346,360.

In his statement, the Head of the Intelligence Section of the Central Jakarta District Attorney's Office, Bani Immanuel Ginting, stated that in the alleged conditioning, Kominfo officials allegedly removed certain requirements to win a private company in a project worth Rp188.9 billion.

The same company won again cloud computing contracts in 2023 and 2024 with a total value of more than IDR 607.5 billion, despite partnering with parties who did not meet ISO compliance standards 22301.

The absence of consideration from BSSN in the terms of the offer is also suspected of contributing to the PDNS ransomware attack in June 2024, which caused disruption to service and leakage of population data, although the total PDNS procurement budget has reached more than Rp959.4 billion.

Most recently, the Central Jakarta Prosecutor's Office confirmed that it had secured 3 units of CRV 2024, CRV 2020, and Honda Civic cars, some money, cellphones and laptops related to the alleged corruption of PDNS.