Fadia Arafiq Allegedly Bought a Rolex at INTime Senayan City Using Corruption Money for Procurement

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that the non-active Regent of Pekalongan Fadia Arafiq bought luxury goods from the corruption of outsourcing services and others. One of them is a Rolex branded watch which is suspected to have been purchased at the INTime outlet at Senayan City branch.

KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo said the allegation had been confirmed by two witnesses who were summoned, namely the Boutique Manager of INTime Senayan City and Ida Bagus Agungbajarapany as a private party. They were examined at the KPK Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta today.

INTimes is a well-known luxury watch retail network in Indonesia that operates under the Time International banner. The giant retail company is known to be owned and managed directly by a well-known entrepreneur, Irwan Mussry who serves as CEO and President Director.

"The witness was investigated about the alleged purchase of luxury watches by the suspect FAR," Budi told reporters through his statement, Monday, May 25.

Even so, Budi did not elaborate on the purchase. Including, the price of luxury watches allegedly purchased by Fadiah Arafiq.

As previously reported, the KPK named the Regent of Pekalongan Fadia Arafiq as a suspect for allegedly arranging PT Raja Nusantara Berjaya (PT RNB) to monopoli outsourcing service projects in 17 regional devices, 3 RSUD, and 1 sub-district in Pekalongan Regency. He was caught in a hand-in-hand operation (OTT) on Tuesday, March 3.

PT RNB itself is known to have been founded by Fadia's husband and son, whose leadership was then handed over to his trusted employees.

In this case, the KPK suspects that the local government was forced to win PT RNB or the so-called "Parent Company". In fact, at the same time there were other vendors offering lower prices.

Throughout 2023 to 2026, there were transactions into PT RNB worth Rp. 46 billion sourced from contracts with regional devices in the Pekalongan Regency Government. Of that amount, Rp. 22 billion was used to pay the salaries of outsourcing employees.

Meanwhile, the rest or about 40 percent flowed into the pockets of Fadia, her husband and her children. Here are the details:

1. Fadia Arafiq as the Regent of Pekalongan enjoyed Rp5.5 billion;

2. Mukhtaruddin Ashraff Abu who is Fadia's husband enjoys Rp. 1.1 billion. Ashraff is currently serving as a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives for the 2024-2029 period from the Golkar Party Faction which serves on Commission X and serves as a commissioner at PT RNB;

3. Muhammad Sabiq Ashraff as the regent's son enjoyed Rp. 4.6 billion. Sabiq is a member of the Pekalongan Regency DPRD from the Golkar Party Faction (Dapil V). He also served as Director of PT RNB for the period 2022-2024;

4. Mehnaz NA as the regent's son enjoyed Rp2.5 billion;

5. Rul Bayatun as Director of PT RNB 2024–now/Person of Trust of the Regent: Enjoying Rp2.3 billion; and

6. Other cash withdrawals of IDR 3 billion.

In this case, Fadia is suspected of violating Article 12 letter i and Article 12 B of the Corruption Eradication Law in conjunction with Article 127 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code regarding conflicts of interest and abuse of authority in the procurement of goods and services.