KPK is looking for Fadia Arafiq's assets which are suspected to have come from corrupt money for outsourcing services.

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) examined a private named Honggo Affandy as a witness to alleged corruption in the procurement of outsourcing services and other procurements in the Pekalongan Regency Government. This examination aims to investigate the assets owned by the non-active Regent of Pekalongan Fadia Arafiq who is a suspect in this case.

"The examination was carried out at the KPK's Merah Putih building on behalf of HOA as a private party. Investigators asked witnesses about the search for the suspect's assets," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters through his written statement, Tuesday, May 26.

In this case, investigators actually scheduled an examination of two other witnesses, namely the party representing the Boutique Manager of The Time Place Plaza Senayan and Ika Tjondrodihardjo as a private party. But, the two did not attend because they were not on the examination schedule.

When confirmed separately, Budi said that the summoning of the Boutique Manager of The Time Place Plaza Senayan was aimed at investigating the purchase of luxury watches by Fadia. However, he has not detailed the information that investigators have collected because the examination has not been carried out.

The KPK has investigated the purchase of luxury watches from the Boutique Manager INTime Senayan City, yesterday. From the examination, investigators suspect Fadia bought a Rolex watch.

This suspicion arose after investigators found a box and invoice for luxury watches during a hand-in-hand operation (OTT) some time ago.

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.