Asked To Return Rp900 Million In Auction From Wahyu Kenzo, Gus Miftah: Already Used For Charity

Gus Miftah was accompanied by Hercules and his attorney clarified his involvement in the TPPU Wahyu Kenzo case (Ivan Two Men/VOI)

Gus Miftah rejected Zainul Arifin's request to show good faith by returning Rp900 million from Wahyu Kenzo at the time of the blangkon auction.

Although concerned about the large number of victims who lost money due to Wahyu Kenzo's actions, Gus Miftah said that the money he received had been used for charity activities from the start.

"We are clearly concerned but what is the basis for this (requested to return the money)? Because the money has been used for charity. That I sympathize with the victim for sure," said Gus Miftah to the media crew in Cipete, South Jakarta on Friday, April 14.

Gus Miftah then told how the auction process took place. At that time, he held a charity concert, where one of his agendas was to auction off one of the blanks he had.

"Because my first blank sold IDR 200 million, at that time I made the lowest price for the bid to be IDR 200 million. After we selected it, it turned out that there were two people who opened the basic price of IDR 200 million. The auction process was open and live," said Gus Miftah, telling the auction process.

"Then finally the highest one, the person concerned (Keluah Kenzo) bought Rp900 million. The money is all for charity. So we don't use a single rupiah," he continued.

Furthermore, Gus Miftah said he was also still spending his personal money at the charity event.

To explain further to the media crew, Gus Miftah also invited Rosario de Marshall alias Hercules who he said was also present at the charity event he initiated.

Hercules confirmed that Rp900 million from the results of the blangkon auction was entirely handed over to charity. The man from East Timor also said that the charity event in question was also attended by several national figures.

"I was (at a charity event). There were several other items that were also auctioned. There were also figures, our parents were also present, there was Pak Kiai Said who was also present," concluded Hercules.