Ma'ruf Cahyono Allegedly Received Gratuities Totalling Rp37.8 Billion

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that Ma’ruf Cahyono, during his tenure as Secretary General of the MPR, received gratuities totalling Rp37.8 billion from vendors involved in projects within the MPR Secretariat General. Acting Director of Investigations at the KPK, Achmad Taufik Husein, explained that one of the gratuities involved direct and indirect payments from vendors amounting to Rp7 billion. These funds were deposited by vendors prior to participating in the procurement of goods and services. “The account value is estimated to have reached Rp14.4 billion,” Taufik stated at the KPK’s Merah Putih building in Jakarta on Thursday (9/7). Additionally, Taufik stated that Ma’ruf Cahyono is suspected of receiving a trading account at a brokerage corporation from a vendor who won a work package within the MPR Secretariat General. He also alleged that Cahyono opened a nominee bank account using the name of a private party, identified by the initials FA, from PT Valbury Ecapital International. The company is reportedly a stationery vendor for the MPR Secretariat General. “In that account, between 2021 and 2022, MC is suspected of having received a sum of money amounting to Rp16.4 billion,” he said. The KPK announced the commencement of the investigation into the alleged gratuity case related to procurement at the MPR Secretariat General on 20 June 2025. The commission began summoning witnesses on 23 June 2025 and announced it had named a state official as a suspect. On 3 July 2025, the KPK revealed that the suspect was Ma’ruf Cahyono. He was detained on 9 July 2026 at the KPK Merah Putih building detention centre.