KPK says there were requests for SKPDs to award contracts to Pekalongan Regent Fadia Arafiq's family-owned company

Jakarta (ANTARA) — The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said there were requests for Pekalongan Regency’s regional work units (SKPDs) to ensure the family-owned company of Pekalongan Regent Fadia Arafiq won a tender for goods and services. ‘Even though other companies submitted lower bids, the regional devices were required to win the “Mother Company”,’ said Asep Guntur Rahayu, Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK, at the Merah Putih Building of the KPK, Jakarta, on Wednesday (4 March). ‘It’s simple: there are many bidders with lower bids and cheaper offers, but this “Mother Company”.’ He explained that the SKPDs in Pekalongan Regency subsequently chose PT Raja Nusantara Berdaya (RNB), the family-owned company of Fadia Arafiq, as the winner of the tender. ‘Which one ended up being chosen? The one I mentioned—because the owner of that company had authority there, there is a conflict of interest, so the regional devices ultimately chose the “Mother Company”.’ The KPK then announced the arrest of 11 other people from Pekalongan, Central Java. The sequence of arrests formed part of KPK’s seventh sting operation in 2026 and occurred during Ramadan. On 4 March 2026, the KPK named Fadia Arafiq as the sole suspect in a case of alleged corruption related to outsourcing services procurement or manpower leasing, and other procurements within the Pekalongan Regency Government in the 2023-2026 fiscal year.