Corruption Case For Bansos Juliari Coal, KPK Finds Documents And Provision Of Staple Food At Patra Jasa Building

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) found documents related to contracts and the provision of basic necessities after conducting searches at two offices located in Patra Jasa Building, Gatot Subroto, South Jakarta on Friday, January 8 yesterday. This search was carried out by the KPK to investigate the alleged bribery case for the provision of social assistance (bansos) COVID-19 in the Jabodetabek area that ensnared former Social Minister Juliari Peter Batubara.

"In this building, the KPK searched two company offices, namely PT ANM and PT FMK. The results of the search were found and secured by various documents, including those related to contracts and the provision of basic foodstuffs distributed to the Greater Jakarta area in 2020," said Acting KPK spokesman for prosecution Ali Fikri. in a written statement to reporters, Saturday, January 9.

After bringing the evidence, he explained, investigators would analyze the secured evidence.

"Next, a request for confiscation was made to the KPK Dewas," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK named a number of suspects in connection with the alleged corruption case of social assistance (bansos) food packages for the handling of 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 began when Juliari appointed two commitment-making officials (PPK) Matheus Joko Santoso and Adi to carry out this project by directly appointing partners. The KPK suspects that it was agreed that there was a fee from the work package that partners had to pay to the Ministry of Social Affairs.

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 alias PT RPI which allegedly belonged to Matheus and whose appointment was known to Juliari.

In the first phase of the distribution of social assistance, a fee of IDR 12 billion is suspected. Matheus gave around Rp.8.2 billion in cash to Juliari through Adi which was then used to meet personal needs.

In this silent operation, the KPK also confiscated evidence in the form of money that had been prepared from the bribes, namely AIM and HS in one of the apartments in Jakarta and Bandung. Rp14.5 billion was kept in a number of suitcases and bags and consisted of rupiah denominations and foreign currency.