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        "msgid": "forestry-minister-clarifies-meeting-with-kuansing-regent-mentions-envelope-1783072302",
        "date": "2026-07-03 15:32:56",
        "title": "Forestry Minister Clarifies Meeting with Kuansing Regent, Mentions Envelope",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Minister of Forestry, Raja Juli Antoni, has publicly clarified a meeting with the Regent of Kuantan Singingi, Suhardiman Amby, who is implicated in a corruption case. The Minister stated he returned an envelope left behind by the Regent after their official meeting and denied issuing any forestry permits for the region. He affirmed his full support for the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) investigation into the alleged bribery case.",
        "content": "<p>Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni has spoken out after his name\nwas mentioned in connection with an alleged bribery case involving the\nrelease of limited production forest areas (HPT) and Kuantan Singingi\nRegent Suhardiman Amby. Raja Juli asserted that he fully supports the\nCorruption Eradication Commission\u2019s (KPK) efforts to investigate the\ncase. \u201cI want to respond to the public, first of all, we from the\nMinistry of Forestry, especially myself as Minister of Forestry, fully\nsupport all efforts to eradicate corruption in this Republic. We will\nassist the KPK and will be cooperative,\u201d he stated at the Ministry of\nForestry office on Friday (3\/7\/2026). He emphasised that this\nanti-corruption stance is a direct mandate from President Prabowo,\nincluding the creation of forestry governance that is anti-corruption,\nanti-bribery, accountable, and transparent. Raja Juli also expressed his\nappreciation for the KPK\u2019s work in uncovering the case. He confirmed\nthat an open meeting with the Regent of Kuansing took place at his\noffice on 2 June 2026, which was publicised on social media. \u201cThere is\nan attendance list and minutes, so if the KPK needs them, or we will\neven proactively submit what I have mentioned,\u201d he said. The Minister\nrevealed an interesting detail: during the meeting, the Regent left\nbehind an envelope inside a folder. Upon realising this, Raja Juli\nimmediately instructed his aide to return it. \u201cWhen he left, I just\nrealised and I immediately asked my aide to return the envelope. I did\nnot know what was inside, I felt I had no right to the envelope, and I\nasked my aide to return it,\u201d he explained. The envelope was eventually\nreturned to the Regent on 12 June by his aide, Bambang Hariadi, with a\nsigned and stamped receipt shown as proof. Raja Juli further clarified\nthat regarding the forest area release case, no decree had ever been\nissued by his ministry for the Kuantan Singingi area. \u201cSo not an inch of\nforest area in Kuantan Singingi under my authority has been released to\nbecome non-forest area or APL,\u201d he stressed. The KPK had previously\nopened the option to summon Raja Juli for questioning regarding the\nalleged bribery case, based on the meeting between the Minister and the\nRegent on 2 June, but stated the summons would only be issued if\nnecessary.<\/p>",
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