JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that the non-active Regent of Sukoharjo Etik Suryani imitated her husband, Wardoyo Wijaya, when practicing extortion.
Wardoyo Wijaya is known to have served as the Regent of Sukoharjo for the 2010-2015 and 2016-2021 periods. Meanwhile, Etik, his wife, served as regent for the 2021-2025 period and was re-elected for the 2025-2030 period.
"If we look at the construction of the case, that what the ETS regent did is a duplication of what the previous regent, who is also the husband of ETS, had done," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters at the KPK Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, quoted on Tuesday, July 14.
Budi then detailed a number of modes that the two of them did the same, "even down to the tariff or amount of extortion carried out," he said.
"Even the coercion carried out was exactly the same as what the regent had done before. This means that this is indeed a copy-paste of the modus operandi carried out by the regent before," continued Budi.
Meanwhile, during the press conference announcing and arresting, Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu said the extortion began when Etik issued a Bupati Decree (SK) on the Receipt and Amount of Payment of Regional Tax Incentives and SK on the Recipient and Amount of Payment of Regional Collection Incentives to the Regional Revenue and Asset Management Agency (BPKAD) of Sukoharjo Regency in 2026.
"That the issuance of the two deputy regent SKs was allegedly used as a tool by ETS to carry out the 'Collection Wage Deposit' extortion in the BPKAD Sukoharjo environment," said Asep at that time.
The collection was said to have been carried out by Richard Tri Handoko as the Head of the BPKAD of the Sukoharjo Regency Government.
"ETS asks RCH as the Head of the Sukoharjo Regency BPKAD to collect 40 percent of the incentives received by a number of employees at the BPKAD," said Asep.
In carrying out the collection order, Asep said, Etik gave a code in the form of 'additional collection wages kae ono, tho' or in Indonesian it means 'there is additional collection wages'.
Then there is also an order, 'kowe mrene kan ora mbayar' which means, 'you are here not paying'.
Then, there is also an order, 'padakno karo bapak' or which means 'equal to the father'. Asep said this sentence has the meaning of the amount of money deposited adjusted to the previous regent's deposit.
"Where the previous regent also ordered the BPKAD ranks at that time with the order, 'wis dilantik ojo mendeleng wae' or it means, 'it has been inaugurated, don't just stand there'. The point is that the employees at the BPKAD give a deposit to the regent at that time," he said.
Furthermore, the deposit collected by Richard was deposited to Nardi who was the Secretary of the BPKAD of the Sukoharjo Regency Government and was eventually handed over to Etik.
The receipt of the money reached Rp. 2.93 billion throughout 2021-2026.
Not only extorting BPKAD employees, the KPK also found routine OPD deposits. The amount reached IDR 840 million throughout 2024-2026.
"Meanwhile, the money collected by RCH in 2022-2024 from this OPD deposit reached IDR 1.2 billion," said Asep, who had served as the Director of Investigation of the KPK.
"Based on this receipt, ETS uses it for personal purposes, among others."
As a result of his actions, the KPK then named Etik as a suspect along with two others. They are Richard Handoko who is the Head of the Sukoharjo Regency BPKAD and Tri Mulyono as the General Head of the Sukoharjo Regency Secretary.
They are suspected of violating Article 12 letter e or Article 12 letter f and Article 12B of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendment to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption.
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