Husband and Son of Pekalongan Regent Fadia Arafiq Set Up Company to Bid for Regency Government Projects
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The husband and son of Pekalongan Regent Fadia Arafiq have established a company named PT Raja Nusantara Berjaya (RNB) to participate in procurement of goods and services by the Pekalongan Regency Government. Asep Guntur Rahayu, Deputy for Enforcement and Execution at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), said the company was set up after one year of Fadia’s tenure as regent in the 2021-2025 period.
‘PT RNB is a company engaged in the provision of services that actively serves as a vendor in the procurement of goods and services (PBJ) within the Pekalongan Regency Government,’ Asep said at a KPK press conference in the KPK Building, Jakarta, on Wednesday (4 March 2026).
Fadia’s husband, Mukhtaruddin Ashraff Abu (ASH), became the company’s commissioner. Meanwhile her son, Muhammad Sabiq Ashraff (MSA), served as director during the 2022-2024 period.
Asep said that after one year of operation, PT RNB obtained outsourcing goods and services procurement projects in the Pekalongan Regency Government. According to Asep, there is no prohibition against regional heads and their families owning a company. However, if the company is involved in projects within the government environment, that becomes an issue.
In Pekalongan’s case, Fadia is a beneficiary of the company. A conflict of interest is inevitable.
Asep added that Fadia also intervened with the head of department to appoint her family’s company.
‘After one year of operation, throughout 2023-2026, PT RNB is known to have obtained outsourcing service procurement projects in several regional apparatuses of the Pekalongan Regency Government,’ he said.
As a result of these provisions, PT RNB dominated goods and services procurement projects in the Pekalongan Regency Government in 2025. Details show PT RNB secured projects in 17 regional apparatuses, 3 regional public hospitals (RSUD), and 1 district.
For her actions, Fadia is accused of having committed acts of corruption as regulated in Article 12 letter i and Article 12 B of Indonesian Law Number 31 of 1999 on Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 on the Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999; and Jo. Article 127 paragraph (1) of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code (KUHP).