The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is still examining the ship that is the object of investigation before detaining a suspect in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of the Indonesian Fisheries Inspection Vessel System (SKIPI) at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP).
"This research has taken quite a long time," said Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Asep Guntur Rahayu, at the KPK's Red and White Building.
Asep explained that the research was related to the design or materials and engines of the ship, so it was not limited to researching the ship's use.
"Regarding their use, the ships are currently in use. We'll just have to wait and see what further updates (developments, ed.) come," he said.
Meanwhile, he said the ship case at SKIPI was closely related to alleged corruption in the procurement of 16 fast patrol boats at the Directorate of Enforcement and Investigation of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise of the Ministry of Finance for the 2013-2015 Fiscal Year.
In the SKIPI case, the Corruption Eradication Committee (KPK) on May 21, 2019, announced that it had named two people as suspects in the alleged corruption case involving the construction of four 60-meter vessels for SKIPI at the Directorate General of Marine and Fisheries Resources Supervision (PSDKP) of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in the 2012-2016 budget year.
The two suspects are the Commitment Making Officer (PPK) Aris Rustandi and the Main Director of PT Daya Radar Utama (DRU) Amir Gunawan.
The estimated state financial loss in the alleged SKIPI corruption case at the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries is IDR 61.54 billion.
For the Customs case, on May 21, 2019, the Corruption Eradication Committee named three people as suspects, namely the commitment-making official Istadi Prahastanto (IPR), the Chairman of the Auction Committee Heru Sumarwanto (HSU), and the President Director of PT DRU Amir Gunawan (AMG).
The estimated state financial loss in this case is IDR 117.73 billion.
