JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that the money from gratification by former Secretary General of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Ma'ruf Cahyono was used for his personal affairs. Among them, renovating a private house to finance his son's wedding reception.
This was conveyed by the acting (Plt) Director of KPK Investigation Achmad Taufik Husein when announcing evidence in the gratification acceptance case that ensnared Ma'ruf Cahyono.
The details include a Harley Davidson motorcycle, one Jeep Rubicon car, a guitar worth Rp. 10 million, a Brompton bicycle worth Rp. 30 million, one Samsung Z Fold mobile phone worth Rp. 20 million, to money.
"Money worth Rp. 1.9 billion was used to finance the renovation of MC's private house in Gandul Depok," Taufik told reporters at a press conference at the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, July 9.
"A number of money used to finance the wedding reception of the suspect's child MC in November 2020," he continued.
The KPK revealed that Ma'ruf received a fee of around 10 percent of the value of the goods and services procurement package in the General Secretariat of the MPR RI. The total receipt from the fee is estimated to reach around Rp. 7 billion.
In addition, Ma'ruf allegedly ordered staff handling the procurement of goods and services to appoint certain providers according to his wishes or at Zakaria's request through a direct appointment mechanism.
"Based on the results of the investigation, MC is suspected of receiving a trading account at one of the brokerage corporations from a partner who won a work package in the environment of the MPR RI General Secretariat. The value of the account, is estimated to reach IDR 14.4 billion," said Taufik.
Investigators also found evidence that Ma'ruf opened a nominee account in the name of Fauzul Akhyar, a private party from PT Valbury Ecapital International (VEI) which is also a provider of office stationery (ATK) in the MPR General Secretariat environment.
Through these trading accounts and accounts, in the period 2021 to 2022, Ma'ruf allegedly received Rp. 16.4 billion.
"So for the two receipts in the account and trading account as a deposit account, MC is suspected of having received gratification amounting to around Rp. 30 billion," said Taufik.
The KPK assessed that Ma'ruf could not prove that all of the receipts came from a legitimate source. In addition, the receipt was never reported to the KPK within 30 working days as stipulated in the gratification reporting provisions.
As a result of his actions, Ma'ruf is now detained at the KPK Red and White Building Branch State Detention House (Rutan). He is suspected of violating Article 12B of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Indonesia.
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