In 2019, Nurdin was initially challenged by Fadel Muhammad and Jimly Asshiddiqie for the Dekopin leadership for the 2019-2024 period, but the two dropped out of the race.

His acquittal by Ujung Pandang District Court in 1999 sparked protests and claims that Attorney General Andi Ghalib, a former deputy governor of South Sulawesi, had intervened on Nurdin's behalf.

They claimed there was a legal basis for the criminal act of misusing SWKP funds as collateral for bank credit without the permission of the owners.

[10] In addition to acquitting Nurdin, the panel of judges also ordered the release of confiscated evidence, including his luxury home and a deposit of Rp 8 billion in the name of Puskud Hasanuddin.

[12] On July 16, 2004, Halid, who the day before had been appointed as the Chairman of the National Federation of Rural Cooperatives (Dekopin) for 2004–2009, was arrested and detained by the police after he was named as a suspect in the case of illegally importing 73.520 tons of sugar.

[13] On 2 November 2004, Halid was investigated by the Indonesian National Police for his involvement in the cooking oil distribution fund corruption case which cost the state Rp169 billion.

[16] On August 9, 2005, Halid, who at the time was the Chairman of Village Cooperative Unit Center (Inkud), was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months by the North Jakarta District Court, after he was pronounced guilty of violating customs on imports of rice from Vietnam.