Where's Kaesang Pangarep, Suddenly His Instagram Is Quiet Upload?

Son of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi), Kaesang Pangarep. (Photo: Instagram @kaesangp)

JAKARTA - Two children of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), Gibran Rakabuming Raka and Kaesang Pangarep are in trouble. By a lecturer at the State University of Jakarta (UNJ) who is also an activist in '98, Ubedilah Badrun, Gibran and Kaesang were reported to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

"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.

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.

The day after being reported to the KPK, Gibran Rakabuming was still being asked for his comments. If the first time he was calm, this time the voice of the Mayor of Surakarta was a bit annoyed.

"Just report it, prove it, wong is arrested now, just arrest him now," said Gibran at the Surakarta City Government City Hall, Tuesday, January 11.

"Wes's report came in anyway, just prove it, I was wrong, I checked," he continued.

Unlike Gibran, Kaesang has yet to give any response. The day after the news emerged, Kaesang deleted all uploads on his Instagram account, @keasangp. Monitored by VOI, Monday evening, the account with nearly 2.1 million followers only uploaded one reel on the home page. Whereas previously, Kaesang had uploaded many photos of activities at Persis Solol and his team's achievements on Instagram. Is this related to the report? cannot be ascertained.