Arrested by the KPK, Banten Attorney General's Prosecutor Turns Out to Have Extorted Korean Nationals up to IDR 2.4 Billion

JAKARTA - Prosecutors at the Banten High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) who were caught in the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) hand-in-hand operation (OTT) on Wednesday evening, December 17. He is suspected of extorting foreign nationals (WNA) from South Korea up to Rp. 2.4 billion.

Information obtained by VOI, the South Korean citizen who works as an animator was initially arrested and named a suspect by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police Headquarters. The process then continued to trial.

During the trial, three people from the Banten Regional Attorney's Office extorted the Korean citizen. They worked together with lawyers and linguists who had been prepared.

"The extortion value is suspected to be up to Rp. 2.4 billion," said the source, Friday morning, December 19.

The KPK had once carried out OTT against the three prosecutors. However, the silent operation was allegedly leaked so that the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) Justice Department held an ethics hearing.

This ethics trial then decided that the extortion money was returned to the victim, a Korean citizen. When the money, which is evidence, was returned, it meant that the criminal investigation process was not carried out.

Meanwhile, from different sources, the trial against the South Korean citizen has a number of irregularities. One of them, the trial of reading the charges was postponed seven times with a number of reasons.

From the SIPP of the Tangerang PN, the prosecution was postponed several times with various reasons. Among them, the prosecution was not ready until the language translator was not present and the lawyer's power of attorney had not been registered.

Furthermore, the KPK then carried out OTT on Wednesday, December 17. However, it only managed to arrest 1 prosecutor, namely named Reddy Zulkarnain, 2 lawyers, one of whom was Didik Feriyanto, and 6 private individuals, one of whom was Maria Siska, who is a linguist.

Meanwhile, the two prosecutors who were being chased were not arrested. However, this case was later taken over by the Attorney General's Office, which claimed to have issued a preliminary investigation order (sprindik) against 4 people including Reddy.

The Sprindik is claimed to have come out since Wednesday, December 17 or coincided with the OTT KPK.

"We actually didn't know that there was an OTT from the KPK. But, we have issued (sprindik) earlier on December 17, 2025," said Kejagung's Sesjamintel Sarjono Turin at the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday night, December 18.

He also ensured that the results of this silent operation would be handled. "Tomorrow we will see the development in the Round Building. So tonight it is only that we ceremonially accept what has been presented to us," he explained.

"Based on the cooperation and synergy just now ... we accept and we thank our friends from the Corruption Eradication Commission for this cooperation and entrust us to follow up on it."