REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) seized several electronic documents while searching the offices of the home affairs ministry and private company to probe the alleged corruption charges in procuring electronic identification cards (e-KTP) on Tuesday.

"During the search in several places, investigators seized several documents in paper and electronic forms. So we only seized documents," KPK spokesman Johan Budi stated on Wednesday. 

On Tuesday, KPK investigators searched several places related to the alleged graft case, including the home affairs ministers room, the office of the Directorate General of Demography and Vital Statistics at the Ministry of Home Affairs and the office of PT Quadra Solution on the seventh floor of Menara Duta building in South Jakarta. Johan predicted that the alleged graft case led to a state loss of 1.1 trillion IDR.

"According to rough calculation at investigation level, the loss reaches 1.12 trillion IDR. The budget allocation for the project was disbursed in two phases, with the first phase involving around 2 trillion IDR in 2011 and the second phase involving more than 3 trillion IDR in 2012. In total, the budget allocation reached 6 trillion IDR," he explained.

The KPK alleged that the project was marked up particularly when it came to unit prices used in the procurement of e-KTP, he pointed out. Also on Tuesday, the KPK named the Director of Demographic Administration Information Management, identified by the initial S, as a suspect in the case.

The KPK believes that S had abused his power in the project, which was worth 6 trillion IDR. In September 2013, Nazaruddin informed the KPK about alleged corruption in the procurement of e-KTP, including the alleged flow of funds to a number of House of Representatives (DPR) members.

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