Vice President Ma'ruf Amin: ACT Case Encourages Transparency Of Islamic Social Institutions

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin accompanied by Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani and Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Arifin Tasrif delivered a statement after the Energy Transition Working Group (ETWG) G20 Seminar Series at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Jakarta/ANTARA/BPMI Setwapres

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said that the case of alleged embezzlement of funds by the management of the Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) should encourage social institutions based on Islamic teachings to be more transparent.

"I think there are many trusted Islamic social institutions, ACT is just one of them. This should not destroy public trust. Therefore, we remind institutions like ACT to be more transparent, yes," said Vice President Ma. 'ruf Amin was reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 27.

According to Vice President Ma'ruf, with transparency, the public will have more confidence in these institutions.

"So, later the financial reports will be more open so that there are no more assumptions," added the Vice President.

The vice president said the government was trying to build an institution such as waqf with certified administrators.

The Vice President assessed that it is necessary for waqf nazirs who manage waqf to attend training, certification, and management skills. In addition, there are also channels through trusted institutions so that everything continues to be open.

"So, I think the public's trust, especially if this is managed by the government, sukuk waqf, waqf, then also climate improvement, renewable energy will all be transparent, open because it is managed by the government," explained the vice president.

Moreover, the Vice President continued, Middle Eastern countries, such as Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt also have many waqf institutions.

"Also owning property, now this can be developed in Indonesia, the potential is actually great but it is not well organized so that in the future we will fix the organization. Besides being effective in collecting usage, it can also be well controlled," said the Vice President.

Previously, the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes (Dittipideksus) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police had named four suspects in the embezzlement case in their positions at the Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) Foundation.

The four people were Ahyudin at the time of the crime, he served as founder, chairman of the board/president of the ACT foundation for the period 2005-2019 and chairman of the builder in 2019-2022; Ibnu Khajar as the Chairperson of the 2019 ACT Foundation Management until now; Hariyana Hermain as the supervisor of the ACT foundation in 2019 and a member of the supervisor in 2020 until now; lastly Novariadi Imam Akbari as a member of the ACT foundation coach for the period 2019-2021 and the head of the coach for the period January 2022 until now.

The four of them are suspected of committing crimes and/or embezzlement in office and/or criminal acts of information and electronic transactions and criminal acts of information and/or criminal acts of foundation and/or money laundering (TPPU).

Wadireksus Bareskrim Polri Kombes Pol. Helfi Assegaf said the suspects received funds from Boeing for CSR funds for the heirs of the victims of the JT-610 plane crash that occurred in 2018.

ACT received funds from Boeing amounting to Rp138 billion, then for the program that had been made around Rp103 billion, the remaining Rp34 billion was used inappropriately.

ACT management, Ahyudin, Ibnu Khajar, Heriyana Hermain, and Novriandi Imam used the remaining funds from Boeing for purposes that were not in accordance with its designation, namely the procurement of a truck fleet, approximately Rp. 2 billion, for the big food bus program Rp. 2.8 billion, then the construction of Islamic boarding schools. Tasikmalaya Civilization amounted to Rp. 8.7 billion.

In addition, for the Sharia Cooperative 212, it is approximately Rp. 10 billion, for the bailout fund for CV CUN, Rp. 3 billion, and the bailout fund for PT MBGS is Rp. 7.8 billion, bringing the total to Rp. 34.6 billion.

Ahyudin and his colleagues also cut donations from public funds (ummah) managed by ACT by 20-23 percent. Meanwhile, the salary received by ACT administrators for Ahyudin is Rp. 400 million, Ibnu Khajar is Rp. 150 million, Hariyana Hermain is Rp. 50 million, and Novariadi is Rp. 100 million.