KPK Partners with the National Police to Handle Administrative Staff in the Pemalang Regent Kidnapping Case 

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has coordinated with the National Police regarding the handling of the alleged extortion of the non-active Pemalang Regent Anom Widiyantoro. This step was taken because one of the suspects, Setya Budi Dias Oktavianto who is an admin staff of the KPK has the status of an active policeman.

"Regarding this case, the KPK also immediately coordinated with the police," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters through his written statement, Friday, July 31.

Budi said Dias was indeed an active police officer who was then employed at the KPK.

"DIS is an administrative staff at the Corruption Eradication Commission and it is true that the concerned person is a helper," 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.