The Ministry of Finance Denies Allegations that the Minister of Finance Purbaya is the Mastermind of the Seizure of Corruption Funds

Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa. (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) confirmed that information circulating on social media regarding the alleged involvement of Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa in the management of confiscated money from corruption crimes was not true.

Through various official channels of the Information and Documentation Management Office (PPID), the Ministry of Finance stated that the upload from the Instagram account @wijaya27071 contained false information or hoaxes.

"The news that states that the Minister of Finance, Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa, is the mastermind behind the seizure of corrupt money is not true or hoax," wrote the X account @PPIDKemenkeu, quoted Monday, December 29.

In addition, the Ministry of Finance also appealed to the public to be more careful and not easily believe in false news that mentions the name of the Minister of Finance.

Previously, the @wijaya27071 account questioned the process of confiscating funds worth trillions of rupiah by law enforcement officers and mentioned that the Forest Area Control Task Force (Satgas PKH) together with the Attorney General's Office had handed over administrative fines for the forestry sector as well as confiscated money for corruption cases with a total value of Rp. 6.62 trillion on Wednesday, December 24.

The handover of the funds was carried out symbolically and witnessed directly by President Prabowo Subianto, Attorney General ST Burhanuddin, and Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa at the Attorney General's Office, Jakarta.

The money seized from the corruption crime came from the return of state financial losses in cases handled by the Attorney General's Office, namely the CPO export permit and sugar import cases at the Ministry of Trade.

"The question arises: why is the money of 13 Trillion and 6 Trillion only confiscated now, even though it should have been completed before Purbaya took office? The answer is because they are waiting for the "magic letter of whitening" from Purbaya - which never came out," wrote the instagram account @wijaya27071.

In his post, the account questioned the reason for the seizure of funds that had only recently been carried out, although the case was said to have been completed before Purbaya took office as Minister of Finance.

The account also accused there was an alleged wait for a "magic letter of whitening" which was claimed to have never been issued.

"In the era of Purbaya, anyone who announces corruption must be responsible for putting the money into the state. He emphasized: 'Don't expect a magic letter from me. If you don't reveal it now and play hide and seek, in 2026 I will roll you all'," he concluded.