KPK Investigate Chairman Of The DPRD Commission About The Flow Of Money From Juliari Batubara

Illustrated (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) continues to investigate the bribery case for the provision of social assistance (Bansos) that ensnared former Social Minister Juliari Peter Batubara. One of them was by examining the Chairman of the Kendal Munawir Regency DPRD Commission.

At the questioning that was held on Thursday, February 26 yesterday, investigators questioned Munawir about the flow of funds from Juliari. The money was allegedly given to several people in the area.

"Munawir, the chairman of the Kendal Regency DPRD Commission, has his knowledge explored regarding the alleged flow of money that was given by the suspect JPB (Juliari Peter Batubara) to several parties in the regions", said KPK spokesman for the field of prosecution Ali Fikri in a written statement, Friday, 26 February.

Ali said that Munawir's statement had been included in the investigator's report (BAP). "And it will be confirmed again in front of a trial which is open to the public", he said.

Previously reported, the KPK named several suspects in connection with the alleged corruption case of social assistance packages of food for the treatment of COVID-19 in the Greater Jakarta area including the non-active Minister of Social Affairs 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 was allegedly received. Matheus gave around IDR 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. IDR 14.5 billion was kept in several suitcases and bags and consisted of rupiah denominations and foreign currency.