BPJS Ketenagakerjaan: Golf Membership Guarantee Of IDR 1.3 Billion Does Not Use Participant Funds

JAKARTA - BPJS Ketenagakerjaan ensures that the Golf Membership Guarantee worth more than IDR 1.3 billion does not use participant funds in managing the social security program.

"The Golf Membership Guarantee is an old asset originating from the transfer of assets of PT ASTEK (Persero) and PT Jamsostek (Persero) obtained from compensation for underpayment of 2004 mutual fund investments as well as financial transactions during the period 1991 to 1992", said the temporary replacement Official (Pps) Deputy Director of Public Relations and Inter-Agency BPJS Ketenagakerjaan, Dian Agung Senoaji, quoted Antara on Thursday, February 24.

Dian said the Golf Membership Guarantee is recorded as a BPJS asset and is not part of the Social Security Fund (DJS) assets, including Work Accident Insurance (JKK), Old Age Security (JHT), Pension Security (JP), guarantees given to workers or workers who have experienced termination of employment (JP) and Death Insurance (JK).

"So it doesn't have an impact on the benefits of participants in managing social security funds", she said.

Membership Golf Membership Guarantee, said Dian, has an investment value that is transferable or has the potential to be transferred to obtain benefits for the state.

Previously, the Twitter account manager for the Workers' People's Party @RakyatPekerja posted the 2019 BPJS Ketenagakerjaan report with the narrative "IDR 3 Billion for Playing Golf" on Wednesday, February 23 afternoon.

The report published details of the Golf Membership Guarantee fund which is a member of BPJS Ketenagakerjaan for golf facilities as of December 31, 2019, and 2018 amounting to IDR 3,107,810,580.

These memberships include Rancamaya, Bogor for more than IDR 1.4 billion, Taman Dayu Golf Club for more than IDR 215 million, Cibodas Golf Park for IDR 180 million, Damai Padang Indonesia Golf for IDR 473 million, Palm Hill Country for IDR 202 million, Pan Isi Development for more than IDR 177.2 million. PT Kokaba Diba for IDR 375 million.

Dian said the post on the Twitter account was taken from the 2019 Annual Report on the attachment page of the BPJS Ketenagakerjaan asset list.

"We urge the public to remain wise in receiving information and not to be easily provoked at times like today", she said.

BPJS Ketenagakerjaan, he said, manages the Social Security Fund (DJS) by applicable regulations and is audited regularly by the Indonesian Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) and the Public Accounting Firm and is directly supervised by the Financial Services Authority and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to ensure that employee funds are managed properly and avoid being misappropriated.