UNJ Lecturer Reports Gibran-Kaesang To The KPK Regarding Allegations Of Corruption And Money Laundering

Jakarta State University (UNJ) lecturer who is also a '98 activist, Ubedilah Badrun (Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - Two children of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), Gibran Rakabuming Raka and Kaesang Pangarep were reported to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Both are suspected of corruption and money laundering (TPPU).

Ubedilah Badrun, a lecturer at the State University of Jakarta (UNJ) who is also an activist in '98, made a report on the two of them.

"This report is related to allegations of corruption and/or money laundering (TPPU) related to allegations of KKN in business relations between the president's son and a business group suspected of being involved in forest fires," Ubedilah told reporters, Monday, January 10.

The incident is called Ubedilah, which started in 2015. At that time, there was a large company named PT SM which was already a suspect in forest fires and had been sued by the Ministry of Environment for a value of Rp. 7.9 trillion.

However, the Supreme Court (MA) only granted the claim of Rp. 78 billion. Ubedilah said this happened after President Jokowi's son formed a joint company with a high-ranking subsidiary of PT SM in February 2019.

With this condition, the allegations of corruption, collusion and nepotism very clearly involve Gibran, Kaesang, and the children of PT SM officials because of an injection of capital investment funds from a venture company.

"Twice, funds have been disbursed. The figure is approximately Rp. 99.3 billion in the near future. And after that, the president's son bought shares in a company whose figure is also quite fantastic at Rp. 92 billion," said Ubedilah.

"And that for us is a big question mark, can a young person who has just set up a company easily get a capital investment with a quite fantastic figure if he is not the president's son," he added.

In the report to the KPK, Ubedilah admitted to bringing evidence of company data. Not only that, he also brought evidence in the form of news related to the provision of capital participation from the Venture.

Regarding this report, the KPK has not yet spoken. Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, has yet to provide further information regarding what Ubedilah said.