KPK Seizes CCTV Footage of Pemalang Regent Meeting Allegedly Discussing "Management" of the Case

The Jakarta Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building (ANTARA photo)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has seized surveillance camera or CCTV footage from a hotel in the Magelang area, Central Java. The content is allegedly related to a meeting between the non-active Regent of Pemalang Anom Widiyantoro with Lilik Budi Suprianto who claimed to be able to handle cases at the anti-corruption commission.

KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo said the CCTV footage was seized when investigators searched dozens of locations in a marathon on August 5-8.

This forced effort is to investigate the alleged extortion that ensnared Anom and the KPK's admin staff, Dias Oktavianto and his father, Lilik.

"Investigators also seized CCTV footage at a hotel located in Magelang," Budi told reporters, quoted by Antara, Monday, August 10.

During the meeting, Anom and his trusted person, Mohamad Haris or Gus Haris, allegedly conspired with Lilik to handle the case which resulted in a request for money.

So, Budi said, investigators needed the recording to be confirmed to the parties concerned in the investigation process. "True, to check the meeting between LBS and AWI and GHA," he said.

As for the construction of the case, it is said that the meeting between Anom and Lilik to handle the case has occurred three times.

Furthermore, Anom through Gus Haris handed over Rp1.2 billion from the request for Rp2 billion to Lilik, which resulted in a hand-in-hand operation (OTT) on Tuesday, July 28. The handover was carried out at a hotel in the Semarang area on Monday night, July 27.

As previously reported, the KPK named four people as suspects in alleged extortion after the hand-in-hand (OTT) operation in the Jakarta and Pemalang regions on Tuesday, July 28. They are Pemalang Regent Anom Widiyantoro, Mohamad Haris as his trusted person, Setya Budi Dias as an administrative staff of the KPK from the Police, and Lilik Budi Suprianto who is a private citizen and also Dias' father.

The KPK said there were two extortion clusters in this case. First, Anom allegedly extorted his subordinates and private parties in the Pemalang Regency area, Central Java.

Meanwhile, the second cluster relates to alleged extortion in the management of cases at the KPK which is suspected to involve internal figures of the anti-corruption agency.

Dias is suspected of leaking information on the handling of cases at the KPK to his father, Lilik Budi Suprianto, through a short message application.

Lilik then used the information to convince Anom that he had access to the development of the case because his son worked at the KPK. Furthermore, Anom, Lilik, and Gus Haris met three times in Magelang and Semarang.

During the meeting, Lilik asked for a case management fee of Rp2 billion. Haris, however, only handed over Rp1.2 billion, which was allegedly collected from extortion of a number of regional devices and private partners in Pemalang Regency.

As a result of their actions, Anom and Haris are suspected of violating Article 12 letter e and/or Article 12B of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes jo Article 20 of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Law Code.

Meanwhile, Lilik and Dias are suspected of violating Article 12 letter e of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes jo Article 20 of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Law Code.