Examining The Giver Of Social Assistance Procurement, The Corruption Eradication Commission Investigates The Ration Received By Juliari

Gedung KPK (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating Ardian IM who was the donor in the alleged bribery case for the provision of social assistance (bansos) for COVID-19 in Jabodetabek. The suspect, who is a private party, was questioned regarding the rations received by former Social Minister Juliari Peter Batubara.

"Investigators continue to explore the process of procuring social assistance in the Jabodetabek area in 2020 at the Ministry of Social Affairs which was allegedly carried out by the witness company with the distribution of fees to be given to the suspect Juliari Peter Batubara," said Acting KPK spokesman for prosecution Ali Fkri in his written statement, Wednesday. , January 13th.

However, he did not elaborate further regarding the examination of Ardian, especially regarding the fees given by Ardian's company.

Previously reported, the KPK named a number of suspects in connection with the alleged corruption case of social assistance (bansos) food packages for the handling of COVID-19 in the Greater Jakarta area, including the non-active Social Minister Juliari Batubara.

Apart from Juliari, the KPK also named four other suspects, namely the Commitment Making Officer at the Ministry of Social Affairs (PPK) MJS and AW as the recipient of the bribe and AIM and HS as the giver of the bribe.

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. The KPK suspects that it was agreed that there was a fee from the work package that partners had to pay to the Ministry of Social Affairs.

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 Matheus and whose appointment was known to Juliari.

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 which was then used to meet personal needs.

In this silent operation, the KPK also confiscated evidence in the form of money that had been prepared from the bribes, namely AIM and HS in one of the apartments in Jakarta and Bandung. Rp14.5 billion was kept in a number of suitcases and bags and consisted of rupiah denominations and foreign currency.