Central Java Prosecutor's Office Detains Regional Secretary Klaten Corruption Suspect Plaza Klaten

The Regional Secretary of Klaten JP Regency was detained by the Central Java Prosecutor's Office as a suspect in the alleged corruption case of renting Plaza Klaten in Semarang, Wednesday (27/8/2025). (ANTARA/IC Senjaya)

The Central Java High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) has detained the Regional Secretary of Klaten Regency, JP, as a suspect in the alleged corruption case in the management of Plaza Klaten, an asset belonging to the district government, which cost the state Rp6.8 billion.

"The suspect JP was immediately detained after undergoing an examination," said Assistant for Special Crimes at the Central Java Prosecutor's Office, Likas Alexander Sinuraya, as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, August 27.

According to him, JP, who has served as the regional secretary since 2022 until now, is an official who signed the Plaza Klaten rental cooperation with the suspect JFS, Director of PT Matahari Makmur Sejahtera.

"In 2023, JP and JFS signed a rental agreement with a clause that did not benefit the Klaten Regency Government," he added.

Apart from JP, the Central Java Attorney General's Office investigators also named the Klaten Regency Secretary for the 2016-2021 period with the initials JS as a suspect.

He explained that JS played a role in discussing and establishing rental agreements without procedures that did not benefit the Klaten Regency Government.

"The suspect JS was not detained on health grounds," he said.

From the results of the BPK audit, it was known that the state losses due to the crime that occurred in 2019 to 2023 reached Rp6.8 billion.

Apart from JP and JS, Central Java Attorney General's Office investigators have also named two suspects, respectively, the former Head of Trade for the Klaten Regency, DS and Director of PT Matahari Makmur Sejahtera, JFS.