JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that the non-active Regent of Pekalongan Fadia Arafiq intervened in the selection of outsourcing employees from his company during the regent election in 2024.
KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo said that PT Raja Nusantara Berjaya employees or companies owned by Fadia's family were required to choose it when they were placed in certain services.
"There is an alleged intervention so that in the election, you also choose Brother FAR yes to the people who are placed or assigned as outsourcing staff in the Pekalongan Regency Government," said Budi, quoted on Thursday, May 28.
Budi said that the investigation into this alleged intervention would be carried out by investigators. This process is in line with the investigation of alleged corruption that ensnared Fadia.
"Are there still other parties who have a crucial role in conditioning the procurement of goods and services, especially related to the procurement of outsourcing personnel in the Pekalongan Regency Government area. Where the alleged intervention is carried out so that this company can work on projects there, including also plotting the employees in who become outsourcing staff," he explained.
As previously reported, the KPK named the Regent of Pekalongan Fadia Arafiq as a suspect for allegedly arranging PT Raja Nusantara Berjaya (PT RNB) to monopoli outsourcing service projects in 17 regional devices, 3 RSUD, and 1 sub-district in Pekalongan Regency. He was caught in a hand-in-hand operation (OTT) on Tuesday, March 3.
PT RNB itself is known to have been founded by Fadia's husband and son, whose leadership was then handed over to his trusted employees.
In this case, the KPK suspects that the local government was forced to win PT RNB or the so-called "Parent Company". In fact, at the same time there were other vendors offering lower prices.
Throughout 2023 to 2026, there were transactions into PT RNB worth Rp. 46 billion sourced from contracts with regional devices in the Pekalongan Regency Government. Of that amount, Rp. 22 billion was used to pay the salaries of outsourcing employees.
Meanwhile, the rest or about 40 percent flowed into the pockets of Fadia, her husband and her children. Here are the details:
1. Fadia Arafiq as the Regent of Pekalongan enjoyed Rp5.5 billion;
2. Mukhtaruddin Ashraff Abu who is Fadia's husband enjoys Rp. 1.1 billion. Ashraff is currently serving as a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives for the 2024-2029 period from the Golkar Party Faction which serves on Commission X and serves as a commissioner at PT RNB;
3. Muhammad Sabiq Ashraff as the regent's son enjoyed Rp. 4.6 billion. Sabiq is a member of the Pekalongan Regency DPRD from the Golkar Party Faction (Dapil V). He also served as Director of PT RNB for the period 2022-2024;
4. Mehnaz NA as the regent's son enjoyed Rp2.5 billion;
5. Rul Bayatun as Director of PT RNB 2024–now/Person of Trust of the Regent: Enjoying Rp2.3 billion; and
6. Other cash withdrawals of IDR 3 billion.
In this case, Fadia is suspected of violating Article 12 letter i and Article 12 B of the Corruption Eradication Law in conjunction with Article 127 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code regarding conflicts of interest and abuse of authority in the procurement of goods and services.
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