KPK identified eight corruption-prone areas in land sector prior to sting operation
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradancy Commission (KPK) has revealed that it had identified eight corruption-prone areas in the land sector prior to conducting a sting operation (OTT) within the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency (ATR/BPN).
“Long before the occurrence of the alleged corruption sting operation within the Ministry of ATR/BPN, the KPK had warned of eight corruption-prone points in the land sector through studies by the Directorate of Prevention and Monitoring,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to journalists in Jakarta on Saturday.
Budi stated that these corruption-prone areas include low access to service usage, delays in service completion, the imposition of additional land service fees, and the failure to hand over completed files.
Other high-risk areas include issues with the supervision of certificate issuance, deviations from Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for the issuance of Right to Cultivate (HGU) titles, the lack of HGU certificate mapping, and insufficient oversight regarding HGU issuance.
Budi cited an example where the KPK found that service completion delays at Land Offices (Kantah) in the Jabodetabek area reached 73.49 per cent. The three offices with the highest rates of service delays were the Depok City Land Office at 91.14 per cent, Bekasi Regency Land Office at 87.5 per cent, and Bogor Regency Land Office at 86.9 per cent.
He explained that these delays occurred most frequently in services involving the transfer of rights through sale and purchase, changes to land rights, and the discharge of mortgages (roya).
Furthermore, the KPK discovered corruption risks in the form of additional land service fees that reached more than 200 per cent above the official rates.
In response, the KPK’s recommendations include strengthening Land Office performance indicators based on direct service usage and adherence to Service Level Agreements (SLA), ensuring transparency in service fee information, and providing a whistleblowing system for reporting illegal levies.
Additionally, the commission suggested building a notification system for file progress, strengthening supervision, improving SOPs for HGU issuance, and accelerating the implementation of the ‘one map’ policy.
He also noted that the KPK is conducting an Integrity and Anti-Corruption Strengthening Programme from 11–14 August 2026. According to him, this programme aims to bolster integrity among civil servants within the Ministry of ATR/BPN, particularly in areas concerning procurement, licensing, and land governance.
The sting operation is related to alleged corruption in the processing of Building Rights (HGB) for PT Summarecon Agung Tbk in Bogor Regency, West Java. A day later, the KPK named eight individuals as suspects in the alleged bribery case within the Ministry of ATR/BPN.
The suspects include the Director General of Land and Spatial Control and Enforcement at the Ministry of ATR/BPN, Lampri; the Head of the Bogor I Land Office, Sontang Coin Manurung; the President Director of PT Summarecon Agung Tbk, Adrianto Pitojo Adhi; and Rizal Pahlevi, acting as a private party or intermediary for Summarecon.
Other suspects include the former Regent of Kebumen, Arif Sugiyanto; the Chairman of the Golkar Party DPP, Fahd El Fouz (also known as Fahd Arafiq); and private individuals named Erwin and Muhammad Fakhry. The latter four are alleged to be close associates of the Minister of ATR/BPN, Nusron Wahid.