The Witness Forgot To Remember The Cita Citata Payment While Entertaining The Ministry Of Social Affairs Officials, Judge: Don't Play

JAKARTA - Kukuh Ary Wibowo, the technical team for communications, former Minister of Social Affairs, Juliari Batubara, admitted that there was an honorarium for the singer Cita Citata. The singer entertained on the sidelines of a meeting of the leadership of the Ministry of Social Affairs, in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara.

"I heard that there were artists who came, there was Cita Citata," said Kukuh testifying at the Juliari Batubara trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Wednesday, June 9.

The indictment states that there was a payment to the "event organizer" for artist Cita Citata's honorarium at the Ministry of Social's dinner and gathering at Ayana Komodo Resort Labuan Bajo on November 27, 2020, amounting to Rp150 million.

"I don't know who brought it, but if it is given (honor) for sure," said Kukuh.

However, Kukuh admitted that he did not remember how much honorarium was given to Cita Citata.

"If you don't remember, it means you've remembered, so don't play with logic. If you don't know, you don't know, if you don't remember, it means that behind it you have remembered, that's the logic. If you play logic like that, I can do it too. How much, "said chairman of the panel of judges Muhammad Damis reminded

"Probably around Rp. 3 million," replied Kukuh.

"I don't expect you to guess. You are pushing yourself too much, how much do you know," asked the judge again.

"I don't know," replied Kukuh.

"Then entertainment activities are not from the working meeting," asked the judge.

"No, entertainment activities, Your Majesty's singing," replied Kukuh.

The bribe was given through Matheus Joko Santoso as the Commitment Making Officer (PPK) for the procurement of the COVID-19 basic food assistance at the Directorate of Social Protection for Social Disaster Victims of the Ministry of Social Affairs for the April-October 2020 period, and Adi Wahyono as the Head of the General Bureau of the Ministry of Social Affairs as well as the PPK for the procurement of the COVID-19 basic food assistance for the period. October-December 2020.

As much as Rp32,482 billion, Rp14.7 billion, according to the KPK prosecutor, had been received by Juliari from Matheus Joko and Adi Wahyono through the intermediary of people close to Juliari, namely the technical team of the Minister of Social Affairs Kukuh Ary Wibowo, Juliari's aide named Eko Budi Santoso, and the personal secretary of Juliari Selvy Nurbaity.

Matheus Joko and Adi Wahyono also use the "fee" for Juliari's operational activities as Minister of Social Affairs and other operational activities at the Ministry of Social Affairs, such as purchasing mobile phones, swab test fees, payment for food and drink, purchase of Brompton bicycles, payment of honorarium for artist Cita Citata, payment for sacrificial animals. to private plane rentals.