KPK Investigates Another Alleged Extortion Involving Admin Staff Dias Oktavianto and His Father

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating another alleged extortion carried out by Dias Oktavianto as his admin staff along with his father, Lilik Budi Suprianto.

The search was carried out after the members of the National Police who were seconded to the anti-corruption commission were named as suspects in alleged extortion against the non-active Regent of Pemalang Anom Widiyantoro after the hand-in-hand operation (OTT) some time ago.

"KPK will continue to trace, track whether this is the first act committed or there are previous acts that have also been committed. Of course, KPK will not close its investigation process here, we will continue to trace," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters at the KPK Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, quoted on Friday, August 7.

According to Budi, investigators will also develop the case if evidence is found that indicates other alleged extortion with the modus operandi of promising case management at the KPK.

"Including if later there are other parties who are also suspected of having a crucial role in the construction of the case, of course the investigators will still continue to develop their investigation," he explained.

Meanwhile, from the information obtained, Dias admitted that the extortion was only carried out with his father who is the chairman of a community-based organization (LSM) in Purworejo, Central Java. This information was conveyed to investigators when he was questioned this week.

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.