KPK Suspects the Father of an Admin Staff of the KPK Employee as the 'Mastermind' of the Pemalang Regent's Ransom 

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects Lilik Budi Suprianto as the initiator of extortion against Pemalang Regent Anom Widiyantoro.

Lilik is suspected of using the name of a non-governmental organization (NGO), the Forum for Communication of Retired Soldiers and Soldiers of the TNI-Polri (FKPPI) and information obtained from his son, Setya Budi Dias Oktavianto as an administrative staff of the KPK. This was conveyed by the acting (Plt) Director of Investigation of the KPK, Achmad Taufik Husein, when asked about the role of Lilik and Dias.

"Yes, it's true (initiator of extortion, ed). So because LBS has that background, yes, an NGO," said Taufik as quoted from the KPK RI YouTube, Friday, July 31.

Taufik said Lilik used Dias, a member of the National Police who was in charge of the administration, to access cases being handled by the KPK.

"Which may indeed be able to gain access to information related to handling (corruption cases, ed) at the KPK," he said.

As previously reported, the KPK has named four people related to the alleged extortion after the hand-in-hand (OTT) operation in the Jakarta and Pemalang regions. They are Pemalang Regent Anom Widiyantoro, Mohamad Haris as his trusted person, Setya Budi Dias as an administrative staff of the KPK from the National Police, and Lilik Budi Suprianto who is a private citizen and also Dias' father.

Dias is suspected of leaking information on the handling of cases at the KPK to his father, Lilik Budi Suprianto, through a short message application.

Lilik then used the information to convince Anom that he had access to the development of the case because his son worked at the KPK. Furthermore, Anom, Lilik, and Gus Haris met three times in Magelang and Semarang.

During the meeting, Lilik asked for a case management fee of Rp2 billion. Haris, however, only handed over Rp1.2 billion, which was allegedly collected from blackmailing a number of regional devices and private partners in Pemalang Regency.

As a result of their actions, Anom and Haris are suspected of violating Article 12 letter e and/or Article 12B of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes jo Article 20 of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Law Code.

Meanwhile, Lilik and Dias are suspected of violating Article 12 letter e of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes jo Article 20 of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Law Code.