6 Regional Heads in East Java Arrested by KPK in One yea

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) probed as many as six regional heads in East Java over the last year. The most recent corruption case entangles Jombang Regent Nyono Suharli Wihandoko, who was caught red-handed receiving a bribe in exchange for greasing a way for an official to occupy the Health Agency head position. KPK seized Rp25.5 million and US$9,500 bribe money.

Below are five other State Officials arrested in KPK’s sting operations.

1. Madiun Mayor

A year before Nyono was arrested, KPK named Bambang Irianto as a suspect in three cases. He was named as a suspect in corruption, gratification, and money laundering cases in the period of 2009-2016. The Surabaya Corruption Court handed down a six-year prison imprisonment to him in August 2017, which was lighter than the prosecutor’s demand.

Read: KPK Nabs Six in Sting Operations in S. Kalimantan, E. Java

2. Pamekasan Regent

Five months before Bambang Irianto was convicted on Wednesday, August 2, 2017, the KPK arrested Pamekasan Regent Ahmad Syafii Yasin in a sting operation. He allegedly bribed the Pamekasan Prosecutor’s Office with Rp250 million to drop the investigation into a corruption case in Pamekasan. The court sentenced Syafil to eight months in prison and revoked his political rights for three years.

3. Batu Mayor

Batu Mayor Eddy Rumpoko was arrested by KPK investigators in a sting operation for receiving a bribe in relation to procurement projects in the interior of the Batu administration in 2017. Eddy was accused of receiving a Rp1.9 billion worth of bribe from a businessman named Filliphus Djap.

Read: KPK Launches Sting Operation in Banjarmasin

4. Nganjuk Regent

Regent Taufiqqurahman was arrested by the KPK for receiving bribe money amounting to Rp298.20 million on Wednesday, October 25. The regent that served two periods allegedly accepted the bribe in exchange for positions as government employees at the Nganjuk administration in 2017.

5. Mojokerto Regent

KPK named Mojokerto Regent Mas’ud Yunus as a suspect for allegedly bribing the Mojokerto Legislative Council (DPRD) chairman to redirect a Rp13 billion worth of grant that was meant for Surabaya State Electronics Polytechnic to his environmental regulatory program. 

NUR HADI