KPK Seals Five Locations Related To Alleged Corruption By Minister Of Social Affairs Juliari Batubara

KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri in a press conference (Mery Handayani / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has conducted seals in five locations in the Jabotabek area, related to the alleged corruption case of the procurement of COVID-19 social assistance funds (bansos) that ensnared the Minister of Social Affairs (Mensos) Juliari Peter Batubara.

"We have installed five locations," said Acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri, at the KPK Building, Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Sunday, December 6, 2020.

However, Ali admitted that he could not reveal the five locations. Even so, these five places will soon be searched by the KPK team.

In this case, the KPK has named five people as suspects. They are Juliari, MJS and AW, as the commitment making officials at the Ministry of Social Affairs, named as suspects for receiving bribes. Then, the suspects AIM and HS as the bribes.

Met separately, KPK Chairman Filri Bahuri said that this case began when Juliari appointed two commitment-making officials (PPK) Matheus Joko Santoso and Adi to carry out this project by directly appointing partners.

"And it is suspected that it was agreed to set a fee for each work package that partners must deposit to the Ministry of Social Affairs through MJS," said Firli.

As for the fee for each COVID-19 social assistance package that Matheus and Adi agreed to, it was IDR 10,000 from a value of IDR 300 thousand.

Matheus and Adi then made work contracts with several suppliers as partners for providing social assistance in May-November 2020. The partners chosen were AIM, HS, and PT Rajawali Parama Indonesia alias PT RPI which allegedly belonged to MJS.

"The appointment of PT RPI as one of the partners is suspected of being known by JPB and approved by AW," he said.

In the first phase of the distribution of social assistance, a fee of IDR 12 billion is suspected. Matheus gave around Rp. 8.2 billion in cash to Juliari through Adi.

Then, at the second stage of the distribution of social assistance, a fee of around Rp.8.8 billion was collected from October to December 2020. In total, Juliari received around Rp. 17 billion which was then allocated for her personal needs.

As a party suspected of receiving fees, said Firli, JPB was suspected of violating Article 12 letter a or b or Article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph ( 1) to 1 KUHP.

Meanwhile AW, is suspected of violating Article 12 letter a or Article 12 letter b or Article 11 and Article 12 letter (i) of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code.