Searching 2 Houses In East Jakarta And Bekasi, KPK Find Communication Tools And Documents Related To Social Assistance Bribery

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) searched two houses in East Jakarta and Bekasi City on Tuesday, January 12. As a result, the KPK secured a number of items suspected of being related to the COVID-19 social assistance procurement (Bansos) bribery case.

"From the process of these activities, communication tools and documents related to this case were secured," said Acting KPK spokesman for prosecution Ali Fikri to reporters, Wednesday, January 13.

There are also two locations that were searched in the area of Perum Rose Garden, Jati Kramat, Jati Asih, Bekasi and Jalan Raya Hankam Cipayung, East Jakarta.

"Then an analysis will be carried out and a confiscation will be carried out immediately to become evidence in this case," he said.

It is known that the KPK is currently trying to investigate the bribery case that ensnared former Social Minister Juliari Peter Batubara.

Most recently, the KPK conducted a search at the residence of the Director General of Social Protection and Security of the Ministry of Social Affairs (Dirjen Linjamsos Kemsos) Pepen Nazaruddin at Prima Harapan Regency B4, Number 18, North Bekasi, Bekasi City.

Unfortunately, Ali has not given any details about this search. Including anything that was confiscated from the house. This is because, said Ali, the search was still ongoing.

Previously, 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 Greater Jakarta area including former 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.

There is also a fee for each COVID-19 social assistance package agreed by Matheus and Adi of 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.