ASIATODAY.ID, JAKARTA – Corruption scandal in the procurement of goods and services at PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. (TLKM) or Telkom Group, which has cost the country hundreds of billions, has begun to be dismantled by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
So far, the Corruption Eradication Committee (KPK) has carried out searches and confiscations in a number of locations related to the corruption case.
Head of the KPK News Section, Ali Fikri, said that the search was carried out following the start of the process of collecting evidence related to the case, at least until April 2024. The location of the search was in the Jakarta and Tangerang areas.
Several locations searched by investigators up to today, Wednesday, May 22 2024, are four offices including the Telkom Hub area, the Telkom Landmark Tower building, Jalan Jenderal Gatot Subroto Kav 52, West Kuningan, Mampang Prapatan, South Jakarta, and the MT Haryono Tower. , South Jakarta.
“A number of pieces of evidence were found and secured, including documents and electronic devices which were allegedly used to commit unlawful acts in this case,” said Ali, Wednesday, May 22 2024.
Apart from the four offices, there were six residences of parties involved in the case which were also searched by KPK investigators.
Based on the evidence that has been found and confiscated, said Ali, investigators will carry out further analysis to ask for confirmation from witnesses, suspects and experts who will be presented in the process of completing the investigation file.
In a previous statement, the KPK spokesperson said that the alleged corruption case at Telkom Group was related to procurement that was indicated to be fictitious.
“This procurement is indicated to be fictitious where there is an unlawful expenditure of state money with a preliminary calculation of hundreds of billions of rupiah,” said Ali, Tuesday, May 21 2024.
The KPK has long been aware of this fictitious procurement case at the Telkom Group. However, the Corruption Eradication Commission has just announced that there is an investigation into the alleged corruption case in the procurement of goods and other services at the Telkom Group, specifically at PT Sigma Cipta Caraka (SCC) for the 2017-2022 fiscal year.
The Corruption Eradication Commission acknowledged that apart from the PT SCC case, there were other cases of alleged corruption being investigated within the state-owned telecommunications sector.
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is apparently investigating more than one alleged corruption within the Telkom Group. The PT SCC case is suspected to be related to a fictitious collaboration disguised as a collaboration mode to provide financing for a data center project. Investigators also suspect that a third party was involved as a broker in the case.
In the PT SCC case, the KPK has named six suspects, whose identities have not yet been revealed. Investigators determined that the suspects violated articles 2 and 3 of the Law (UU) concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes or regarding state financial losses.
Based on the findings of the Financial Audit Agency (BPK) auditors, the state financial loss in this case was more than IDR 200 billion. (ATN)
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