JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that the modus operandi of the Tulungagung Regent, Gatut Sunu Wibowo, to extort the head of a new regional apparatus organization (OPD) was first discovered.
This was conveyed by the Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK, Asep Guntur Rahayu, when announcing Gatut Sunu and his aide, Dwi Yoga Ambal, as suspects of extortion after being caught in a hand-in-hand operation (OTT). Initially, he said, Gatut asked the OPD officials who were inaugurated to sign a letter of resignation from their positions and ASN if they were unable to carry out their duties.
Asep also said that several officials were also asked to sign a letter of responsibility for the management of the budget in their work units. But, the letter did not specify the date and the copy was not given.
"This document was then allegedly used by GSW as a means to control and suppress officials so that they are loyal and obey every order from GSW," said Asep as quoted from the KPK RI YouTube, Monday, April 13.
Asep said that this letter had legal force because it was signed on the stamp. So, the officials in the Tulungagung Regency Government had no choice but to follow the order and this was the first time the KPK had found it while handling the extortion case.
"In some OTTs that we have done, with the same article, extortion, there is nothing like this," he said.
"Usually ask directly, right, they are threatened to be rolled or given an example first of one of the heads of the OPD, for example, replaced. So it creates fear but this, right, it's not," continued Asep, who also served as the Director of Investigation of the KPK.
This condition, said Asep, made the officials afraid. "He was controlled by a resignation letter as head of the OPD and also as an ASN," he said.
The amount of money requested by Gatut Sunu through Yoga varies in amount, ranging from IDR 15 million to IDR 2.8 billion. In addition, Gatut also outwitted the demand for quotas by shifting or adding budgets.
He also arranged the procurement of goods and services by making direct appointments to certain partners.
The total demand for money was said to have reached Rp. 5 billion. However, the realization received by Gatut only reached Rp. 2.7 billion was used for personal interests such as buying shoes, treatment, eating, and other personal needs that were also requested or charged to the budget in the OPD.
In addition, the money was also used by Gatut for the holiday allowance (THR) of the Regional Leadership Coordination Forum (Forkopimda) of the Tulungagung Regency Government.
Now, Gatut Sunu and his aide, Yoga, have inhabited the KPK Detention Center. The two are suspected of violating Article 12 letter e or Article 12B of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Jo. Article 20 letter c of Law No. 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code.
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