KPK Says Bekasi Regent Ade Kuswara Received Bribes of up to IDR 14.2 Billion

Bekasi Regent Ade Kuswara. (Photo: File)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that Ade Kuswara Kunang (ADK) while serving as the Bekasi Regent for the 2025-2030 period, received bribes and other receipts of up to Rp. 14.2 billion.

Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK, Asep Guntur Rahayu, explained that the money was allegedly received by Ade Kuswara through two receipts.

"Throughout 2025, ADK is suspected of receiving other receipts from a number of parties totaling Rp. 4.7 billion," said Asep at the KPK Red and White Building, Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Saturday, December 20.

In addition, he said, Ade Kuswara was suspected of receiving ijon or project money from December 2024 to December 2025 to private parties amounting to Rp. 9.5 billion.

Thus, when added up, it is suspected that Ade Kuswara received up to Rp. 14.2 billion.

Previously, the KPK carried out the tenth hand-in-hand operation (OTT) in 2025, and arrested ten people in Bekasi Regency, West Java, on December 18, 2025.

On December 19, 2025, the KPK revealed that seven out of ten people were taken to the KPK Red and White Building, Jakarta, to be intensively examined. Two of the seven people included Ade Kuswara and his father, HM Kunang.

On the same date, the KPK announced the seizure of hundreds of millions of rupiah in a case allegedly related to a project bribe in Bekasi Regency.

On December 20, 2025, the KPK announced that the Regent of Bekasi Ade Kuswara Kunang (ADK), the father of the Regent of Bekasi and Head of Sukadami Village, South Cikarang District, Bekasi Regency, HM Kunang (HMK), and a private party named Sarjan (SRJ) as suspects in the alleged bribery case.

The KPK said Ade Kuswara and HM Kunang were suspects in alleged bribery, while Sarjan was a suspect in alleged bribery.