Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia \u2013 The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)\nhas confirmed that Rosario de Marshal, also known as Hercules (HRM),\nchairman of the United Indonesia People\u2019s Movement (GRIB), returned\nRp800 million in a corruption case concerning the processing of building\nuse rights (HGB) for PT Summarecon Agung (SMC) in Bogor Regency.<\/p>\n
KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo said Hercules returned the money\ndirectly to the KPK at the Red and White Building through his legal\nteam. The money is suspected to have been provided by Summarecon to\nHercules for land security.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are still investigating the purpose of the payment. The\ninformation we have received is that the money was given by PT SMC to Mr\nHC in connection with securing or managing PT SMC\u2019s land in Bogor\nRegency,\u201d Budi said at the KPK, according to a statement on Friday (23\nOctober 2026).<\/p>\n
Budi said investigators had seized the Rp800 million handed over by\nHercules\u2019s lawyer.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestigators have seized Rp800 million handed over by the legal\ncounsel of Mr HRM. The land was subsequently in the process of having\nits block lifted and its HGB processed; there is an alleged bribery\noffence committed by PT SMC involving officials within the Ministry of\nAgrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning\/National Land Agency (ATR\/BPN),\u201d\nBudi said.<\/p>\n
The Summarecon HGB bribery case<\/strong><\/p>\n Budi said there was a dispute over the Summarecon land. He said the\ndispute was suspected of triggering bribery to have the HGB block lifted\nby officials at the Bogor Regency ATR\/BPN land office.<\/p>\n \u201cThere was initially a suspected dispute in this area because several\nresidents claimed to hold land certificates for part of the land managed\nby PT SMC. They then applied to the Bogor Land Office to have the block\nimposed,\u201d Budi said.<\/p>\n According to Budi, SMC allegedly bribed officials at the Ministry of\nATR\/BPN to have the block lifted so the HGB process could continue.<\/p>\n Budi said the money allegedly given by Summarecon to Hercules was\nbelieved to be related to managing and securing the land.<\/p>\n \u201cYes, for managing the land, including security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n KPK investigators had earlier searched three directorate-general\noffices at the Ministry of ATR\/BPN on Thursday (17 September 2026). The\nfollowing day, they also searched PT Summarecon\u2019s office in East\nJakarta. The KPK has named eight people as suspects in the alleged\nbribery and other payments within the ministry.<\/p>\n They are Sontang Coin Manurung, head of the Bogor Regency Land Office\nI; Golkar Party politician Fahd El Fouz, also known as Fahd A Rafiq;\nformer Kebumen regent Arif Sugiyanto; and PT Summarecon Agung Tbk\npresident director Adrianto Pitojo Adhi.<\/p>\n The four other suspects are Lampri, director-general of land and\nspatial control and enforcement at the Ministry of ATR\/BPN; and Muhammad\nFakhry, Erwin and Rizal Pahlevi. The KPK has described Arif, Fahd, Erwin\nand Muhammad Fakhry as trusted associates of ATR\/BPN Minister Nusron\nWahid.<\/p>\n The suspects have been detained for an initial 20-day period, from 15\nSeptember to 4 October 2026, at the KPK\u2019s detention centre in the Red\nand White Building.<\/p>\n During an operation in the Greater Jakarta area on Monday (14\nSeptember), the KPK arrested 19 people and found evidence including\nRp106.3 billion in cash.<\/p>\n The money was found in several red suitcases at the home of Arif\nSugiyanto, the former Kebumen regent described as a trusted associate of\nATR\/BPN Minister Nusron Wahid. It comprised Rp31.86 billion,\nUS$2,611,500, S$1,974,500, SAR910 (Saudi riyals) and RM981 (Malaysian\nringgit).<\/p>\n Cash was also found at the home of private-sector individual Rizal\nPahlevi, totalling Rp896 million; at the home of Zimamun Ni\u2019am Aulawi,\nhead of rights determination and land registration at the Bogor Regency\nLand Office I, totalling Rp8 million; and at the home of Sontang Coin\nManurung, head of the Bogor Regency Land Office I, totalling Rp49.5\nmillion.<\/p>",
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