The buyer, HR Muhammad Jufri Saad, got the Kiswah that the antigraft body auctioned off here on Wednesday, along with 22 other confiscated goods items, after he became the only person to have accepted the top price that the auctioneer offered.
Commenting on his success in purchasing the Kiswah sold at the price, which was higher than the asking price of Rp22.5 million (US$1= Rp14,337), Saad stated that he would frame it and would display it at his home as part of his personal collections.
"I have been attempting to get this 80 by 59 centimeter Kiswah for a week. Now, Alhamdulillah, I have got it. As a Muslim, I see the Kiswah as the best piece of collection," Saad, a scrap trader living in Central Jakarta`s Joglo area, remarked.
He further stated that being able to purchase the peace of Kiswah in Indonesia was a good luck as it was not easy to do that in Saudi Arabia due to its unavailability for sale.
Saad revealed that he had joined the auction of KPK`s confiscated goods seven times. Today`s auction of 23 items of seized goods has made the antigraft body earn Rp16.5 billion.
Ali is currently serving an imprisonment for corruption involving Haj funds.
Reported by Desca Lidya Natalia
(T.R013/B/INE)
(T.R013/B/KR-BSR/A014)
Reporter: antara
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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