Speaking at the Attorney General’s Office in Jakarta, Prabowo witnessed the symbolic transfer of Rp11,420,104,815,858 (about US$649.5 million) in recovered funds from Attorney General ST Burhanuddin to Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa for deposit into the state treasury.
The government previously recovered Rp13.255 trillion (about US$753.8 million) in October 2025 from a corruption case tied to export permits for crude palm oil and its derivatives.
A further Rp6.625 trillion (about US$376.8 million) was recovered in December 2025.
“The total cash we have managed to save to date is Rp31.3 trillion (about US$1.7 billion). This is a huge figure. With this money, we could repair 34,000 schools across Indonesia,” Prabowo said.
He noted that the government renovated about 17,000 schools last year, meaning the newly recovered funds could potentially double that effort.
Prabowo said many schools have gone decades without major repairs and added that, if allocated to housing, the funds could help renovate more than 500,000 homes for low-income residents.
He also said the spending could support incomes for up to two million Indonesians through related economic activity.
In addition to cash recoveries, the Forest Area Enforcement (PKH) Task Force has reclaimed state assets in forest areas valued at around Rp370 trillion (about US$21 billion), nearly 10 percent of Indonesia’s annual state budget.
“With that amount, we can repair and modernize all schools, equip them with digital tools, fix sanitation facilities and build thousands of village bridges,” Prabowo said.
Attorney General Burhanuddin said the PKH Task Force, established in February 2025, has so far recovered assets worth Rp371,100,411,143,235 (about US$21 billion).
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Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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