Corruption in INDONESIA :: Examination of Alleged Corruption Project Officer Al Quran

New York

Eradication Commission will examine the officials at the Ministry of Religious Affairs in the investigation of corruption indications Quran procurement project. "Who are the officials who will be examined, I have not got the information from the investigative team," KPK spokesman Johan Budi SP. Sunday, June 24, 2012.

Johan said any official of the Ministry of Religious Affairs will be checked when the investigator takes testimony. But the identity of the officials could not be ascertained since the investigation began only this week. "New Commission plans next week to request information the parties."
Commission to raise the status of a project investigating the procurement of the Koran and the information gathering phase material to the investigation stage since last week. Johan says that confirmed yet know the detail indications of corruption in the procurement of the holy book.

Deputy Minister of Religious Nazaruddin Umar on Friday denied any corruption in procurement projects Mushaf Al-Quran. He believes the project through an auction mechanism. "There was never a direct appointment," he said.

He said Al-Quran Mushaf procurement needs to reach two million copies each year. The Ministry of Religion was never able to meet that need. "Our printing capabilities of the Religious Affairs Ministry about 60-70 thousand Al Quran," he said.

In 2009, the Ministry of Religious Affairs held a 42 600 Al Quran with a budget of Rp 1.125 billion. A year later 45 000 copies were printed with funds of Rp 1.2 billion. In 2011, the Ministry of Religious scored twice. First, as many as 67 600 copies with a ceiling of funds from the State Budget of Rp 2.163 billion. In the middle of the road, turns its budget to $ 5.6 billion for procurement programs such as the addition of Al-Quran Mushaf small size, translation, Juz Amma, commentary, and Surat Yasin.

Second, re-entered Kemenag Manuscripts 603 000 copies through the state budget changes. Finally, the total procurement budget Koran last year was Rp 22.8 billion. Nazaruddin hope KPK track procurement corruption that Mushaf Al-Quran. He was willing to KPK.