KPK Investigate Process For Determining Paul Tannos' Company To Win E-KTP Tender

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating the process of determining the company PT Sandipala Arthapura owned by Paulus Tannos as the winner of the tender for the procurement of electronic ID cards (e-KTP). This investigation was carried out by examining four witnesses.

The four people being examined were Civil Servants (PNS) of the Secretariat of the Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) named Achmad Purwanto, Kusmihardi, and Endah Lestari and a retired civil servant from the Ministry of Home Affairs named Teguh Widiyanto. They were examined on Tuesday, March 1 yesterday.

"All witnesses were present and confirmed, among others, related to the process of conducting the tender for the procurement of e-KTP and the determination of the company suspected of being PLS as one of the calming agents for the tender," said Acting Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri in a written statement, Wednesday, March 2.

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 Civil Registration and Civil Registration Irman and a former official at the Ministry of Home Affairs, Sugiharto. In addition, there are also the names of former DPR Speaker Setya Novanto, former member of DPR Commission III Fraction Hanura Miryam S Haryani, former DPR Commission III member Markus Nari.

The KPK last named four new suspects in the e-KTP case in August 2020. They are former members of Commission II DPR Hanura Party Fraction Miryam S Haryani, President Director of the Republic of Indonesia Printing Press (PNRI) and Chairman of the PNRI Consortium Isnu Edhi Wijaya, Head of the Information Technology Technical Team for the Application of KTP Husni Fahmi, and President Director of PT Sandipala Arthaputra, Paulus Tanos.