This Is What Fake KPK Employees Look Like Who Extort Bogor Regency Government Officials

A fake KPK employee with the initials YS (brown shirt) left the KPK's Red and White Building escorted by officers from the Bogor Regency Police on Friday morning (26/7/2024)

JAKARTA - A man Yusuf Sulaiman or (YS) admitted that an employee of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) had committed extortion within the Bogor Regency Government (Pemkab), West Java. YS has also been arrested by the KPK.

In the early hours of Friday, July 26, the KPK handed over the fake employee to the Bogor Regency Police for further processing over the alleged extortion of officials within the Bogor Regency Government.

Yusuf left the examination room on the 2nd floor of the Red and White Building at 00.05 WIB. Where he left the examination room in handcuffs and was escorted by officers.

Then he was taken by officers to leave the KPK's Red and White Building in a black-streamed vehicle and police service plate VIII 15-30.

In addition to handing over YS, the KPK also handed over a Porsche-branded luxury car that was confiscated by KPK officers during a hand arrest of YS on Thursday afternoon.

Previously, the KPK on Thursday afternoon said it had arrested a man with the initials YS on suspicion of extortion of officials within the Bogor Regency Government.

"The team secured the person in question at a restaurant in Bogor Regency at around 13.30 WIB," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardika.

Initially, the KPK received a report regarding a person with the initials YS who claimed to be a KPK employee and blackmailed an official at the Bogor Regency Government on Thursday morning.

The official admitted that he was asked for a sum of money by YS. Based on the report, the KPK sent a team consisting of investigators, investigators and inspectorates to determine whether the person was actually a KPK employee or not.

Furthermore, the KPK team confirmed that the person had received money from the reporting party and immediately arrested YS at around 13.30 WIB.

The KPK team then took YS to his residence in one of the housing estates in Bogor City in order to collect evidence.