The death of Johannes Marliem on August 10 further exposed corruption in the electronic ID card (e-KTP) project. The Los Angeles Police Department in the United States said that the consultant of Biomorf Lone Indonesia committed suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. Biomorf is a company which was a sub-contractor for recording the identities of 175 million Indonesian residents.

At the end of last month, an agent from the US Federal