Pemalang Regent Affected By KPK OTT, Gerindra Deputy: Not Cadre, Don't Understand His Business

Pemalang Regent Mukti Agung (center). (Facebook)

JAKARTA - Pemalang Regent Mukti Agung was caught by the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) sting operation on Thursday, August 11. This silent operation is suspected to be related to the alleged sale and purchase of positions and bribery in the procurement of goods and services.

It is known that the Pemalang Regent was brought up by PPP and Gerindra in the 2020 Regional Head Election (Pilkada). Responding to the news, the Deputy Governor of the Gerindra Party, Habiburokhman, said he was surprised because the OTT was carried out around the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta. DPR," Habiburokhman said when met on the sidelines of the Gerindra Rapimnas at SICC, Bogor, West Java. Habiburokhman admitted that he did not know anything about the alleged corruption involving the Pemalang Regent. Even though in the last Pilkada it was supported by Gerindra. According to him, Mukti Agung is not a Gerindra cadre. "Wow, I don't understand that either. The stretcher carried it yesterday. Not our cadres, right," said Habiburokhman. "I don't even know what we're doing," he added.