Social Aid Kickbacks for the Bull Party

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Social Affairs Minister Juliari Batubara’s team members are allegedly collecting fees from companies appointed to provide social aid packages. Newly established companies were appointed by the team. The social aid project is said to be controlled by a number of politicians and state officials. There is indication that some of the money went to regional head candidates from the PDI-P.

Social Affairs Minister Juliari Batubara handing out social aid to people impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic at a temporary shelter in Tanah Abang, Jakarta, last June. TEMPO/Hilman Fathurrahman W. tempo : 173561949292.

ON the morning of Friday, December 4—two days before he was taken to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detention facility—Social Affairs Minister Juliari Peter Batubara went to see President Joko Widodo at the Bogor Palace, West Java. Accompanied by Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Juliari reported developments in the distribution of social a

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