KPK: 25 Percent of Corruption Cases Related to Procurement

Jakarta, VIVA – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has disclosed that based on investigation data from 2004 to 31 December 2025, 25 percent of suspected corruption cases handled by the anti-corruption agency are related to the procurement of goods and services.

“There are 446 out of a total of 1,782 cases, or around 25 percent, related to the procurement of goods and services,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to journalists in Jakarta on Monday.

According to Budi, the 25 percent figure indicates that the goods and services procurement sector remains a vulnerable area exploited through bribery, project manipulation, and malicious collusion between state officials and private parties.

Furthermore, Budi explained that the KPK data confirms recent public concerns regarding the susceptibility of goods and services procurement to corruption.

“In response to various public spotlights on social media about the corruption risks in goods and services procurement, this is also confirmed by several cases handled by the KPK,” he said.

Meanwhile, he stated that the KPK has found that deviations in goods and services procurement do not always begin during the tendering process or project implementation, but can also be designed even before the planning stage.

He also mentioned that the KPK has identified that initiatives for corrupt acts can originate from either state officials or private parties.

“Common modi operandi include advance payments, project kickback bribes, or demands for commitment fees as conditions for certain parties to win,” he said.

He further explained that one example of a suspected corruption case handled by the KPK related to goods and services procurement involves cases from Bekasi Regency in West Java to East Kolaka Regency in Southeast Sulawesi.

In the case implicating Ade Kuswara Kunang during his tenure as Regent of Bekasi, he explained that the KPK found the West Java regent demanding commitment fees from contractors before the project was officially tendered.

Meanwhile, in the case implicating Abdul Azis during his tenure as Regent of East Kolaka, he explained that the KPK suspects demands for rewards from private parties in the winning of a project to build a public general hospital.