Ma'ruf Cahyono Allegedly Received Gratuities Totalling Rp37.8 Billion
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that Ma’ruf Cahyono (MC), during his tenure as Secretary General of the People’s Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia (MPR RI), received gratification payments of up to Rp37.8 billion from contractors or project vendors within the Secretariat General of the MPR RI.
Acting Director of Investigation at the KPK, Achmad Taufik Husein, explained that one form of the alleged gratification involved direct and indirect receipts from vendors amounting to Rp7 billion. The money was deposited by the vendors before taking part in the procurement of goods and services. “The value of the account is estimated to have reached Rp14.4 billion,” said Taufik at the KPK’s Red-and-White Building in Jakarta on Thursday (9/7).
In addition, Taufik said Ma’ruf Cahyono is suspected of having received a trading account at a brokerage corporation belonging to a vendor that won a work package within the MPR RI Secretariat General.
He also said Ma’ruf is suspected of opening a nominee bank account, using the name of a private individual, at PT Valbury Ecapital International with the initials FA. According to Taufik, the company was a vendor of office stationery supplies within the MPR RI Secretariat General. “Through that account, between 2021 and 2022, MC is suspected of having received sums of money totalling Rp16.4 billion,” he said.
Taken together, the money amounts to Rp37.8 billion. Previously, on 20 June 2025, the KPK announced the start of an investigation into an alleged gratification case related to the procurement of goods and services within the Secretariat General of the MPR RI.
On 23 June 2025, the KPK began summoning witnesses and announced that a state official had been named a suspect. Subsequently, on 3 July 2025, the KPK revealed that the suspect in the case was Ma’ruf Cahyono. On 9 July 2026, the KPK detained Ma’ruf Cahyono at the state detention facility at the KPK’s Red-and-White Building branch.