KPK Seizes Minimarket, Salon to Fadia Arafiq's House Allegedly Resulting from Corruption

The KPK has seized three minimarkets and salons owned by the non-active Regent of Pekalongan Fadia Arafiq.

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has seized three minimarkets and salons owned by the non-active Regent of Pekalongan Fadia Arafiq. This forced effort is related to alleged corruption in the procurement of goods and services in the Pekalongan Regency Government.

"Investigators also installed seizure signs or seizure signs at several points that had been seized previously, including three units of franchise retail stores and salons," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters through a written statement, Thursday, June 18.

Then, investigators also seized a house. The suspect also owns the house, Fadia.

"Located in the Semarang area," said Budi.

As for the photo obtained, the house has a black-colored fence.

Then, investigators also investigated the purchase of land of 10,000 square meters in the Pekalongan area. This process was carried out by examining 14 witnesses on Wednesday, June 17.

Those who were examined were the Golkar DPP Staff of Pekalongan, Emma Margyati; Head of the TU Sub-Directorate, Staff of Experts & Personnel, Dewi Septriana; Deputy Chairman of the Pekalongan DPRD, Ruben R Prabu Faza; Head of BPJS Manpower Pekalongan, Widhi Astri Aprilia Nia; Head of BPJS Health Pekalongan, Sri Mugirahayu.

The next person to be examined was a private employee, namely, Hefika Cipta Sari, Indah Winingsih, Juwariyah, Marwati, and Amanda Devina.

Then there are entrepreneurs, Sugiarto, Widodo, Siti Fitriyah, and Dahlan. "There are a number of lands at several locations that were purchased by the regent during his tenure with a total area of about 10,000 square meters," said Budi.

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.

The KPK has seized three minimarkets and salons owned by the non-active Regent of Pekalongan Fadia Arafiq.

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.