KPK Opens Opportunity To Snatch Budi Group River Suspects For Corporate Land Management Bribes

The Jakarta Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Building (doc. ANTARA)

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has the opportunity to ensnare the Budi Group River as a corporate suspect in the development of alleged bribery in land management involving Inhutani V.

Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu explained that so far the alleged bribery to obtain land management permits has been carried out by individuals in the Budi Group River. However, the KPK will investigate that the money is given from personal funds or corporate funds.

"What we found was that there was bribery by people from the Budi River to Inhutani, like that. This is what we are investigating," Asep told reporters quoted on Friday, November 21.

The anti-corruption commission has also obtained evidence of alleged bribery from the management of PT Sungai Budi Group to Inhutani. All of them will also be opened at the ongoing trial.

However, Asep emphasized that the KPK did not rule out the possibility of ensnaring corporations if strong evidence was found that the company's entities were involved or played a role in the corruption crime.

"Later, of course, on its way, if we find sufficient evidence that it was done by a corporation, because if it is a corporation, we have to look at it, judge that the corporation was deliberately created, deliberately established to commit a criminal act of corruption," he asserted.

Moreover, continued Asep, there are special criteria to determine corporations as suspects. Including whether the company is used as a tool to commit corruption crimes.

"Well, this is what we are also investigating," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK said that the subsidiary of the Budi Group River, PT Paramitra Mulia Langgeng, was trying to continue cooperation in forest management with Inhutani V. In fact, this company has arrears in obligations of billions of rupiah to PT INH.

To smooth out the forest management cooperation plan, PT Paramitra Mulia Langgeng is suspected of approaching and providing a sum of money and luxury facilities.

As for the bribery case for Inhutani V land management, the KPK has only named three suspects. They are the President Director of PT Inhutani V, Dicky Yuana Rady (DIC); licensing staff from SB Group, Aditya (ADT) and the Director of PT Paramitra Mulia Langgeng, Djunaidi Nur (DJN).

The three of them are currently being tried at trial. In the indictment of the three, it was revealed that twice the money was given from PT Sungai Budi Group (SBG) and PT Paramitra Mulia Langgeng (PML) to PT Inhutani V.

The first handover of money occurred on August 21, 2024, Djunaidi Nur directly handed over 10,000 Singapore dollars to Dicky at the Senayan Golf Club Restaurant, Jakarta. The second money was given on August 1, 2025, amounting to 189,000 Singapore dollars, handed over by Djunaidi's personal assistant, Aditya Simaputra, who is also a licensing staff at the Budi Group River, PT PML's parent company.

The indictment also revealed the relationship between the financial management of the business group in bribery transactions. Aditya is said to have coordinated with Ong Lina, the Finance Manager of the Budi Group River, to find out the Singapore dollar exchange rate to calculate the amount of money to be handed over to purchase Dicky's desired Jeep Rubicon.

The money worth tens of billions of rupiah was then taken from Djunaidi's house and handed over at Dicky's office at Wisma Perhutani, Jakarta.

The money was charged with aims so that PT Paramitra Mulia Langgeng can continue to operate and cooperate with Inhutani V in the use of forest areas in Register 42, 44, and 46 in Lampung Province.