The staff of the Ministry of Social Affairs were prevented from the case regarding the case for social assistance, it said Gus Ipul

Jakarta – The Minister of Social Affairs (Social Minister) of the Republic of Indonesia, Saifullah Yusuf of Gus Ipul, responded to prevention abroad conducted by the KPK against the expert staff of the Minister of Change and Social Dynamics of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Edi Suharto (ES). Gus Ipul said it was a learning for the Internal Ministry of Social Affairs. “Yes, this is part of an important lesson for the Ministry of Social Affairs,” Gus Ipul told reporters of the Ministry of Social Centers for Education, Training and Professional Development (Pusdiklatbangprof), Tuesday (8/19/2025), South Jakarta (8/19/2025) told reporters. He said he invited all his staff to learn from this experience. He requested that bad experiences like this be repeated in the Ministry of Social Affairs. Browse to continue with the content “Of course we are with the most important deputy minister, it must also start ourselves. We have committed to not intervening, will not invite, and no one will provide opportunities to anyone for misappropriation in the Ministry of Social Affairs,” Gus Ipul said. As is known, the KPK is investigating the alleged corruption of the transport of social assistance in the Ministry of Social Affairs in 2020. The KPK has in this case abroad to four people, one of whom is the expert staff of the Minister of Change and Social Dynamics of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Edi Suharto (ES). “The KPK is banning travel abroad to 4 (four) people with the initials ES, BRT, KJT and her (HT) related to the investigation into the Rice Social Bansos distribution case for the Family of Family Harapan Families (PKH) Families (PKH) of the 2020 budget year,” Reporters said (8/8). Meanwhile, the other three parties prevented, the presidential commissioner of PT Dosni Roha, Bambang Rudijanto Tanoesoedibjo (BRT); Operations Director of DNR Logistics 2021-2024, Herry Tho (HT); and Managing Director of DNR Logistics 2018-2022, Canisius Jerry Tengker (KJT). The preventative letter was issued on August 12, 2025. Prevention is valid for the next 6 months. “The ban on travel abroad is carried out by the KPK because the existence of the relevant in Indonesia is needed in the framework of the process of investigating the alleged criminal acts of corruption,” he said. In this case, there were three people and two companies nominated as suspects. The initial calculation of state loss in this case reached RP 200 billion. (KNV/KNV)