The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Has Revealed The Fraud In The Corruption Case Of The Ministry Of Social Affairs' Rice Social Assistance: There Is A Reduce In Values

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) revealed that there was a reduction in the value of social assistance (bansos) for the Family Hope Program (PKH) at the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos). This striking practice is now being investigated by investigators. "There is a reduction in the value of social assistance for each package. That's a package, one of which is rice," said KPK Investigation Director Asep Guntur when confirmed by VOI, Tuesday, March 21. Even so, Asep has not specified how much reduction has been made. "It's still calculated," he said. Previously reported, the KPK is currently investigating allegations of corruption in the distribution of rice social assistance at the Ministry of Social Affairs. This criminal incident allegedly occurred around 2020-2021. Although it has not been announced who the suspects are, the former Director of PT Transjakarta M. Kuncoro Wibowo is reportedly also entangled. He has been prevented from leaving the country by the Directorate General of Immigration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights for six months until next August. Apart from Kuncoro, the anti-corruption commission also asked five other people to be prevented. It is reported that they were also named suspects. Those prevented were Budi Susanto, April Chuniawan, Ivo Wongkaren, Roni Ramdani, and Richard Cahyanto. Kuncoro, Budi, and April are parties of PT Bhanda Ghara Reksa (BGR) while the rest come from PT Primalayan Teknologi Persada. Meanwhile, PT BGR is one of the distributors of the social assistance for rice for the Ministry of Social Affairs program. The state-owned company has the task of distributing 222,070,230 kilograms of rice social assistance from the Ministry of Social Affairs to 4,934,894 families of PKH program beneficiaries in the country.