KPK Cecar Managing Director Of PT Mandala Hamonangan Sude And Private Parties Related To Social Assistance Contracts

Illustrated (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) examined two witnesses regarding the bribery case for the provision of social assistance (bansos) COVID-19 in Jabodetabek. The two witnesses being questioned were the President Director of PT Mandala Hamonangan Sude Rangga Derana Niode and the private sector Isro Budi Nauli.

During the interrogation held on Monday, January 18 yesterday, the two were questioned by the suspect Matheus Joko Santoso (MJS), a commitment-making official (PKK) and his colleagues. They were questioned about the cooperation contract with the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) regarding the provision of social assistance.

"The two were confirmed regarding the cooperation contract signed by the two witnesses regarding the company's activities in the provision and distribution of food packages for the Jabodetabek area in 2020 at the Ministry of Social Affairs," said Acting KPK spokesperson for prosecution Ali Fikri in a written statement, Tuesday, January 19.

It is known that the KPK is currently trying to investigate the case that caught the former Social Minister Juliari Peter Batubara. A number of witnesses who were suspected of knowing this case continued to be questioned.

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 Jabodetabek 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 recipients of bribes and AIM and HS as the givers of bribes.

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.