KPK Will Investigate Alleged Flow Of E-KTP Project Money To Officials

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) continues its efforts to resolve allegations of corruption in the procurement of electronic-based identity cards or e-KTPs. A number of officials will be investigated whether involved and receiving money in this case.

"The KPK works according to the adequacy of the evidence, of course, if there is evidence the KPK will follow up," said KPK Deputy Chair Lili Pintauli Siregar in a KPK RI YouTube show quoted on Friday, February 4.

Meanwhile, KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Karyoto said the e-KTP corruption case did occur between clusters ranging from politicians, vendors, to officials making commitments at the ministry. Thus, investigators will further investigate the involvement of other parties.

"In principle, we will see if with the existing investigation, there are new things or findings, of course we will be the ones to pay attention to this," said Karyoto on the same occasion.

The KPK ensures that any officials who are ensnared will be equipped with evidence. Karyoto said his agency could not arbitrarily designate people as suspects.

"We also can't fabricate evidence. It exists if it exists. If it doesn't exist, yes, it doesn't exist," he said.

"Moreover, this is a return, yes, a bribe, between the giver and the recipient. So if there are no witnesses, no one admits it's over, except here there are Article 2 and Article 3 of other developments," added Karyoto.

For information, a number of officials' names are often mentioned in the investigation of this case. In fact, this mega-corruption has brought Setya Novanto, who used to be the Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives, to Sukamiskin Prison, Bandung, West Java. As previously reported, the KPK has just arrested two suspects in this case, namely the former Managing Director of the State Printing Corporation Isnu Edhy Wijaya and the Head of the Technical Team. Information Technology Application of e-KTP Husni Fahmi.

Both were detained after being named suspects in August 2019. At that time, Isnu and Husni were suspects along with two other people, namely a former member of the 2014-2019 DPR RI, Miryam S Haryani and the President Director of PT Sandipala Arthapura, Paulus Tanos.

Miryam S Haryani is currently serving a prison term. Meanwhile, Paulus Tanos has not yet been arrested because he is still abroad and has never attended the summons made by the KPK.

As a result of corruption committed by a number of parties related to the procurement of e-KTP, including the four suspects, the state ended up losing up to Rp. 2.3 trillion.

Those whose names were dragged into this case and are currently serving time in detention are former Director General of Dukcapil Irman and former officials at the Ministry of Home Affairs Sugiharto. In addition, there are also the names of the former Chairman of the DPR RI Setya Novanto, former member of Commission III DPR RI Fraction Hanura Miryam S Haryani, former member of Commission III DPR RI Markus Nari.