Deepening The Procurement Process For Social Assistance Packages At The Ministry Of Social Affairs, KPK Cecar Brokerage Company PT Tiga Pilar

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) conducted an examination of Nuzulia H Nasution in a case of alleged bribery for social assistance procurement at the Ministry of Social Affairs which ensnared former Social Minister (Mensos) Juliari Peter Batubara.

Acting KPK spokesman for the field of prosecution Ali Fikri said, Nuzulia is a broker of one of the vendors providing food packages at the Ministry of Social Affairs, namely PT Tiga Pilar. In the interrogation held on Monday, December 28, the KPK investigated Nuzulia regarding the process and implementation of the social assistance procurement at the Ministry of Social Affairs.

"The examination is related to his knowledge regarding the process and implementation of social assistance package procurement at the Ministry of Social Affairs for the 2020 Fiscal Year, especially for the Jabodetabek area," Ali said in a written statement, Tuesday, December 29.

Previously, the KPK investigating team also examined a number of witnesses to investigate the alleged bribery case. One of the witnesses being questioned was Harry Sidabuke who was also named a suspect in grafting a bribe against Juliari.

During this examination, Harry was asked a number of questions, including those related to the package of social assistance distribution work in Jabodetabek that he was doing.

It is known that the KPK has named a number of suspects in connection with the alleged corruption case of social assistance (bansos) packages for food packages for COVID-19 in the Jabodetabek area including the non-active Social Minister Juliari Batubara.

Apart from Juliari, the KPK also named four other suspects, namely the Commitment Making Officer at the Ministry of Social Affairs (PPK) MJS and AW as the recipient of the bribe and AIM and HS as the giver of the bribe.

This case started with the provision of social assistance in the form of basic food packages within the Ministry of Social Affairs worth Rp. 5.9 trillion with a total of 272 contracts implemented in two periods.

Then, this PDIP politician appointed Matheus and Adi as PPK.

In project implementation, both of them did so by direct appointment of partners. As for the fee for each COVID-19 social assistance package that Matheus and Adi agreed to, it was IDR 10,000 from a value of IDR 300 thousand.

Matheus and Adi then made work contracts with several suppliers as partners for providing social assistance in May-November 2020. The partners chosen were AIM, HS, and PT Rajawali Parama Indonesia aka PT RPI which allegedly belonged to Matheus.

In this case, the KPK then suspected that Juliari received a fee of IDR 8.2 billion for the implementation of the first period of social assistance package. Meanwhile, in the second implementation, he allegedly received a fee of Rp.8.8 billion which was used for his personal interests.