Former Southeast Sulawesi Governor Nur Alam Reported to KPK

The Clean Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra) Coalition has reported alleged criminal acts of corruption related to the takeover and budgeting of the Regional Budget (APBD) for Southeast Sulawesi University (Unsultra) to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

A representative of the Clean Sultra Coalition, Aman Arif, stated that the report implicates former Governor of Southeast Sulawesi, Nur Alam.

“We suspect there was an abuse of authority and conflict of interest in the allocation of the APBD for Unsultra,” Aman told reporters on Friday (8/5).

They questioned the establishment of the Southeast Sulawesi Higher Education Foundation in 2010, which took over Unsultra’s assets previously under an old foundation since 1967.

According to him, Nur Alam is suspected of creating a new foundation deed while serving as Governor of Southeast Sulawesi and being registered as the Chair of the Board of the Southeast Sulawesi Higher Education Foundation.

He described this action as involving a conflict of interest. The foundation was originally established by the regional government.

They also suspect that provincial APBD funds for Sultra from 2014 to 2021 were allocated for the development and procurement of assets for the private university, valued at around Rp12 billion.

“Capital expenditure should be used for regional government activities, not for assets of a higher education institution under the auspices of a foundation owned by Nur Alam and associates,” he said.

When confirmed, KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo stated that public reports are confidential information that cannot be disclosed.

However, Budi assured that every report received by the KPK will be followed up.

“A public complaint is confidential or excluded information. Therefore, on this occasion, we cannot confirm whether there is or is not a public complaint. But certainly, we emphasise that every public complaint received by the KPK will be followed up,” Budi said.

He explained that the KPK will verify every report received. Subsequently, it will be examined in terms of the substance of the report to determine if it constitutes alleged criminal acts of corruption and falls under the KPK’s authority.

“If those elements are present, then the public complaint will progress further,” he said.