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The KPK confiscated 14.5 billion rupees in an arrest operation (OTT) that caught officials from the Ministry of Social Affairs. The money was found in rupees and in foreign currency.
“From the results of these arrests, money was found in rupees and foreign currency denominations, each with a value of around 11.9 billion rupees, around 171,085 dollars (equivalent to 2.420 billion rupees) and about $ 23,000 (equivalent to Rs 243 million). ” KPK President Firli Bahuri said at a press conference on Sunday (12/6/2020).
This OTT began when the KPK team received information related to the alleged receipt of an amount of money from various state officials that was delivered by Ardian IM as a private company and Harry Sidabuke to Matheus Joko Santoso as the official head of the commitment in the Ministry of Affairs Social, Adi Wahyono and the Minister of Social Juliari Batubara. Although specifically for Juliari, the money was delivered through Matheus Joko Santoso and Shelvy N as secretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs.
“The money will be delivered on Saturday, December 5, 2020, around 02.00 WIB at a location in Jakarta,” said Firli.
The money had previously been prepared by Ardian and Harry at one of the apartments in Jakarta and Bandung. The money is stored in 7 suitcases, 3 backpacks and a small envelope amounting to around 14,500 million rupees.
“Furthermore, the KPK team immediately insured MJS, SN and other parties in various locations in Jakarta. Then the parts that were insured together with money totaling around 14,500 crore were brought to the KPK for further research, “Firli said.
Furthermore, Firli said that around Rp.88 billion had been raised since October 2020. The money was suspected of being used for the needs of social minister Juliari.
“For the second period of implementation of the basic package of food social assistance, fees were collected from October 2020 to December 2020 in the amount of Rp.8.8 billion, which is also suspected to be used for the needs of the JPB brothers, “Firli said.
