Jakarta, Aug. 11 -- The use and optimization of the National Socioeconomic Single Data (DTSEN) is essential for the government to ensure that social assistance strictly benefits those in need, House of Representatives (DPR) legislator Maman Imanul Haq stated.

"It is crucial to position DTSEN as the foundation for distribution so that assistance can reach those truly in need. We cannot afford to let those undeserving benefit from the aid again," Haq noted in a statement cited here on Monday.

The legislator's remarks followed findings by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) that some 28 thousand employees of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are registered as social aid beneficiaries.

Haq emphasized that the discove...