JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) opened the opportunity to examine the party who was said to be the Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni in facilitating the return of an envelope from the Regent of Kuantan Singingi (Kuansing) Suhardiman Amby. Anyone who knows the sequence of events will be asked for information to investigate the alleged flow of money for the management of the Limited Production Forest (HPT) area.
"Then for the returns, that was, there are facts, there are other parties who also know that there are facts of the return, yes, of course if this becomes the need for investigators to clarify the position of the money," said Acting (Plt) Director of Investigation KPK Achmad Taufik Husein to reporters at the KPK Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, early Saturday, July 4.
Taufik said that it was important to deepen the issue of the envelope to Raja Juli, who is also the Secretary General of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI). Moreover, the money used was allegedly collected from farmers who were members of the village unit cooperative (KUD).
"This is the source of the remaining business results, right from the KUD, then collected by the treasurer, conveyed by the regent's staff, then the regent conveyed for the management of recommendations to the ministry," he said.
"Whether the evidence of money later will be an important part that will be investigated by investigators, yes, of course we wait for the results of the investigation in the future," he continued.
Raja Juli previously denied having any connection with the alleged corruption in the management of forest area release in Kuantan Singingi Regency which ensnared Suhardiman Amby. His claim, there is not a single forest area release decision letter in the region.
Even so, he admitted that the Regent of Kuansing Suhardiman Amby had left a sealed envelope after the audience at the Ministry of Forestry on June 2, 2026.
"In the meeting, it turned out that the Regent of Kuantan Singingi left an envelope sealed with a map. And when he left I just realized it and I immediately asked my aide to return the envelope. I don't know what it contains, but I feel I don't have a right to the envelope," said the politician.
Raja Juli then ordered his aide to return the envelope on June 5, 2026. However, the plan was delayed because his aide had to accompany him in the agenda of the service.
"I only have one aide. I said 'Mba will leave on Friday, that's June 5. But it turns out that June 5 can't be because my aide has to stick with me to help me. Because on June 5 I met Jamdatun in another matter at the Directorate General of PHL. Finally I said that next Friday is June 12," he said.
Furthermore, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Forestry then issued a letter of assignment to his aide on June 11, 2026. In addition, Raja Juli admitted that he contacted the Riau Police Chief to help bring his aide and the Regent of Kuansing together.
"I personally called the Riau Police Chief to help facilitate my aide to meet with the Regent of Kuantan Singingi at the Kuantan Singingi Police," said Raja Juli.
The return of the envelope, he said, was finally carried out on June 12, 2026 at the Kuantan Singingi Police and was documented and accompanied by a receipt.
"So Friday the 12th, about 17 days before OTT, my aide had returned the white envelope to the Regent of Kuantan Singingi, there was a sign of acceptance, there was a photo. So as my moral responsibility, my public responsibility, as the leader here we have returned the envelope left by the Regent during the audience," he concluded.
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