JAKARTA - Central Java Governor Ahmad Luthfi denied being with Pekalongan Regent Fadia Arafiq during the hand-in-hand operation (OTT) by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
"No. Where is the information from?" said Luthfi when contacted by reporters as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, March 4.
When explained, the information was conveyed by Fadia Arafiq, Luthfi admitted that he did not know about it.
"Where he was arrested, we also don't know," he said.
Previously, on March 3, the KPK announced a series of hand-to-hand arrests during Ramadan, which was also the seventh OTT this year.
The KPK said it arrested the Regent of Pekalongan Fadia Arafiq along with his aides and trusted people in the Semarang area, Central Java.
Then the KPK announced the arrest of 11 other people from Pekalongan, Central Java. One of those arrested was the Secretary of the Pekalongan Regency, Mohammad Yulian Akbar.
Meanwhile, the KPK said that the OTT who arrested Fadia Arafiq was related to the procurement of outsourcing or manpower in several services in the Pekalongan Regency Government.
On March 4, 2026, Fadia Arafiq appeared wearing an orange KPK vest, claiming to have been arrested by the anti-corruption agency at home while with Central Java Governor Ahmad Luthfi.
"At the time of arrest, they (KPK, ed.) raided the house, I was with the Governor of Central Java," said Fadia at the KPK's Red and White Building, Jakarta, Wednesday.
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