e-KTP Corruption Fugitive Paulus Tannos Escaped Due To Late Issuance Of Red Notice

ILLUSTRATION ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) revealed that the fugitive in the alleged electronic KTP corruption case, Paulus Tannos, was able to escape due to the late issuance of a "red notice".

"Paulus Tannos' fate can already be known, but there are indeed obstacles, those concerned with the red notice being issued late," said KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Karyoto as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, January 25.

Karyoto said that if the "red notice" had been issued, Paulus Tannos could have been immediately arrested when his whereabouts were traced to Thailand.

"If at that time the person concerned actually had a 'red notice', he could have been caught in Thailand," he said.

He explained that Interpol's application for a "red notice" against Tannos had been made five years ago. However, it turned out that the submission had not been registered in the Interpol system.

"The red notice has been submitted for more than five years, apparently after checking with Interpol it has not been issued. We don't know why, whether there was an upload error or something else, we don't know," he said.

However, he ensured that the KPK had corrected these deficiencies so that in the future the red notice issuance process could be faster.

"Yesterday we fixed everything. Hopefully, those who have been designated as DPOs will automatically issue a 'red notice' internationally from Interpol Lyon," he said.

Paulus Tannos is known to have been on the KPK's wanted list (DPO) in connection with the alleged corruption case in the procurement of electronic KTPs. On 13 August 2019, Paulus Tannos was announced as a suspect in the development of the e-KTP corruption case.

Paulus Tannos is also suspected of having held a meeting to discuss winning the PNRI consortium and agreeing on a "fee" of 5 percent as well as a "fee" burden-sharing scheme that would be given to several members of the Indonesian Parliament and officials at the Ministry of Home Affairs.

As shown in the trial facts and the judge's considerations in the case with the defendant Setya Novanto, PT Sandipala Arthaputra was allegedly enriched by IDR 145.85 billion in connection with the e-KTP project.