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Witness in e-ID graft case alleges existence of ‘Fatmawati team’
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Facing a grilling: Andi Agustinus alias Andi Narogong (center), a suspect in the e-ID graft case, is escorted into the headquarters of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta on March 23.
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witness from the technical team of the electronic ID (e-ID) procurement project during a hearing of the e-ID graft case on Thursday acknowledged the alleged existence of a "Fatmawati team," which was believed to have been integral to the alleged corruption taking place within the project.
During the hearing, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) official Tri Sampurno said the Fatmawati team existed when questioned by prosecutors about an alleged series of e-ID project meetings held on Jl. Fatmawati in South Jakarta. Tri was one of the project's technical team members from 2009 to 2013.
Tri said he attended the meetings five times alongside several other BPPT staff members and that he met Vidi Gunawan, the brother of graft suspect Andi Agustinus alias Andi Narogong, for the first time at one of the meetings. However, he said he did not know who Andi and Vidi were.
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Tri said he never received money during the meetings, but claimed he received money from Vidi when he drove him home after he attended an e-ID system demo held at the State Printing Company Consortium, one of the consortiums bidding for the project.
“Vidi gave me Rp 2 million [US$150.82]. He said it was just a transportation fee.”
Additionally, Tri said he received $20,000 from Johanes Marlin, one of alleged Fatmawati team members, when he and Husni Fahmi, a Home Affairs Ministry official, attended the Biometric Consortium Conference in Tampa, Florida, United States, in September 2012.
"One of Johanes' assistant came to me and gave money inside an envelope. When Husni and I were on the plane, we found out it amounted to $20,000." (rdi/ebf)
