IM57+ Asks KPK to Investigate Raja Juli's Envelope as Suspected Bribery

The IM57+ Institute, an organization comprised of former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officials, has called on the KPK to investigate an envelope allegedly handed to Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency, Raja Juli Antoni, as potential bribery rather than mere gratification.

The institute argues that investigators possess initial evidence suggesting the act could constitute bribery, specifically under Articles 12 (a) or (b) of the Anti-Corruption Law and Article 605 of the Criminal Code. "The KPK must thoroughly conduct this investigation to ascertain whether there are indications that the case is part of bribery according to the qualifications of Article 12 letters a or b of the Corruption Law and Article 605 of the Criminal Code, so that it is not limited to alleged gratification," stated Lakso Anindito, Chairman of IM57+ Institute.

Anindito pointed to Raja Juli's own admission that Suhardiman Amby, the Regent of Kuantan Singingi, left an envelope during a meeting at the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs. The institute believes the KPK should investigate Suhardiman's motives for meeting Raja Juli, which reportedly involved discussing the release of forest areas in Kuantan Singingi Regency. The group contends that offering money with the intent to influence a state official's actions forms the basis for investigating suspected bribery.

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The KPK must thoroughly conduct this investigation to ascertain whether there are indications that the case is part of bribery according to the qualifications of Article 12 letters a or b of the Corruption Law and Article 605 of the Criminal Code, so that it is not limited to alleged gratification.

IM57+ Institute warned that allowing such incidents to be classified solely as gratification upon discovery could establish a new modus operandi for corruption. "Do not let the tolerance of this action become a modus operandi for corruption that classifies it as gratification when the case is revealed," Anindito cautioned.

This call comes a day after Raja Juli held a press conference detailing the incident. He stated that Suhardiman left the envelope after an audience on June 2, 2026, and Raja Juli only became aware of it afterward. He ordered his aide to return the envelope on June 12, 2026, 17 days before the KPK conducted a sting operation in Kuantan Singingi Regency. The KPK's acting Director of Investigation, Achmad Taufik Husein, has stated that returning the envelope does not automatically negate criminal elements and that the investigation into the envelope's role in the alleged bribery scheme for forest area release recommendations is ongoing.

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Do not let the tolerance of this action become a modus operandi for corruption that classifies it as gratification when the case is revealed.