KPK suspects the head of the Ponorogo KONI to be a campaign financier for Sugiri Sancoko and receives money flow

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects the Chairman of the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) of Ponorogo Regency, Sugiri Heru Sangoko, to have received money from suspects in the Ponorogo Regency Government (Pemkab) bribery case.

This was conveyed by KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo after investigators examined Heru as a witness at the KPK Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, Monday, January 12. This finding is based on the statements of a number of parties which were then confirmed in the examination process.

As for the bribery case in the Ponorogo Regency Government, the KPK has named the non-active Regent Sugiri Sancoko as a suspect along with several other people.

"Then from brother SUG as the Regent of Ponorogo and also other parties who have been named as suspects in this case, both from the private sector, namely brother SUC and from other parties, it is also suspected that there is a flow of money to brother SHS," said Budi to reporters at the KPK Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, quoted Tuesday, January 13.

"Brother SHS as quoted, the financier in the political contest of your brother SUG when he was running for Regent of Ponorogo," he continued.

Furthermore, Budi said that Heru was suspected of knowing that the money to be returned by Sugiri Sancoko was sourced from alleged corruption. However, the investigators need to conduct an in-depth investigation.

"Now these roles are investigated from the beginning. That is, the person concerned must already know how the financing process is, then the process of money returned from the SUG comes from what. That is, it is also investigated from the statements of the SHS in today's examination," he said.

Meanwhile, Heru after undergoing an examination said Sugiri had a debt of up to Rp. 26 billion when he ran for the 2024 Pilkada. The money was used as logistics and only a portion was returned.

"The debt is more than Rp26 billion," Heru told reporters.

In the future, Heru claims that he will sue Sugiri to get his money back. "Civil, right, how do we work on debt to be returned," he said.

As previously reported, the KPK named Ponorogo Regent Sugiri Sancoko a suspect along with three other people, namely Agus Pramono who is the Regional Secretary (Sekda) of Ponorogo Regency who has been in office since 2012; Yunus Mahatma as Director of Dr. Harjono Hospital Ponorogo Regency; and Sucipto who is a private party partner of Ponorogo Hospital in the Ponorogo Regency area.

The determination of the suspect began with a hand-in-hand operation (OTT) on Friday, November 7. There are three clusters of corruption found by the KPK.

First, regarding the alleged bribery of handling positions. Then the bribery of work projects at the Ponorogo Hospital and other receipts or gratuities.

In the case of bribery for handling positions, Yunus as the Director of the Dr. Harjono Hospital, Ponorogo Regency, knew that he would be replaced by Sugiri from the beginning of the year. So, he prepared a number of money and handed it over three times.

The first handover was made by Yunus to Sugiri in February 2025 with a nominal of Rp. 400 million. This money was given through an aide. Then, in the April-August period, Yunus handed over money worth Rp. 325 million to Agus Pramono.

Then, he again handed over Rp500 million to Ninik who was a relative of Sugiri in November. So, the money received by Sugiri reached Rp900 million.

Not stopping there, Sugiri also received Rp1.4 billion from a project for a work package in the environment of Ponorogo Regional Hospital with a value of Rp14 billion. This money was said by the KPK to have been received by Yunus as the Head of the Regional Hospital first.

Meanwhile, in the last cluster, it is suspected that there was a gratification of hundreds of millions of rupiah from the private sector by Sugiri.