{ "success": true, "data": { "id": 2041569, "msgid": "bribe-to-central-java-bpk-over-klaten-audit-was-delayed-after-muara-enim-raid-1792169502", "date": "2026-10-16 22:49:25", "title": "Bribe to Central Java BPK over Klaten Audit Was Delayed After Muara Enim Raid", "author": "", "source": "DETIK", "tags": "", "topic": "Legal", "summary": "The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says a planned Rp400 million payment linked to efforts to remove audit findings against Klaten regency was postponed after an earlier sting operation involving alleged bribery of BPK auditors in Muara Enim. The KPK alleges that the audit findings, involving roughly Rp5 billion in excess honorarium payments, were subsequently dropped; three people, including Klaten Regent Hamenang Wajar Ismoyo and a Central Java BPK official, have been named suspects and detained.", "content": "

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has revealed that a bribe\nallegedly paid by Klaten Regent Hamenang Wajar Ismoyo to the Audit Board\nof Indonesia (BPK) to alter an audit report was delayed. The delay was\nattributed to a KPK sting operation in Muara Enim Regency concerning an\nalleged BPK bribery case.<\/p>\n

Achmad Taufik Husein, acting director of KPK investigations, said the\ncase began in April 2026, when the Central Java BPK Representative\nOffice audited Klaten Regency Government\u2019s 2025 financial\nstatements.<\/p>\n

The audit identified approximately Rp5 billion in excess honorarium\npayments. This comprised Rp4.16 billion in payments to speakers for\nregulatory outreach sessions that did not correspond to the hours\nworked, as well as Rp1.02 billion in excess fees for activity\norganisers.<\/p>\n

Taufik said that after the findings, Hamenang and Klaten regency\ngovernment inspector Agus Suprapto met BPK Central Java officials in\nSemarang. Those they met were Iwan Hery Setiawan, head of Central Java 3\nAudit at the BPK representative office, and Ahmad Luthfi H. Rahmatullah,\nhead of the Central Java BPK office.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the meeting, they discussed plans to drop two findings concerning\nthe approximately Rp5 billion in excess honorarium payments,\u201d Taufik\nsaid at a press conference at the KPK\u2019s Merah Putih Building in\nKuningan, South Jakarta, on Friday (16 October 2026).<\/p>\n

Taufik said Hamenang met Ahmad Luthfi again in Semarang in May 2026\nto negotiate the removal of the excess honorarium findings from the\nBPK\u2019s audit of the Klaten regency government\u2019s financial statements.<\/p>\n

\u201cALU asked HWI, saying, \u2018please support us with Rp600 million\u2019. HWI\ndid not agree and negotiated, and they eventually settled on Rp400\nmillion. At the meeting, ALU provided the code \u2018AMIDIS\u2019,\u201d Taufik\nsaid.<\/p>\n

Following the negotiations, Hamenang called a meeting with Klaten\nregency officials, including acting regency secretary Jaka Purwanto,\nhead of the Protocol and Leadership Communications Division Rizqan\nIryawan, and head of the Klaten Regional Financial and Asset Management\nAgency (BPKAD), M Himawan Purnomo.<\/p>\n

Hamenang passed Ahmad Luthfi\u2019s \u2018Amidis\u2019 code to Rizqan Iryawan and\nasked him to prepare Rp400 million, in line with the agreement between\nALU and HWI. Rizqan then passed on the code and the request to prepare\nthe money to Muhammad Amin Wahyu Utomo (MAW), a private-sector party\nfrom PT Madani Winasis Creative (MWC).<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, because of the KPK sting operation in Muara Enim concerning\nalleged bribery in a BPK audit, MAW\u2019s payment to Amidis was postponed\nuntil June 2026,\u201d Taufik said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeanwhile, in June 2026, the BPK delivered its audit report to the\nKlaten regency government, having dropped the finding concerning excess\npayments to speakers, in accordance with the agreement between ALU and\nHWI,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The KPK previously named Klaten Regent Hamenang Wajar Ismoyo a\nsuspect in an alleged bribery case involving the manipulation of BPK\naudit findings. He was named after being caught in a KPK sting\noperation.<\/p>\n

At a press conference at the KPK\u2019s Merah Putih Building in Kuningan,\nSouth Jakarta, on Friday (16 October), acting investigation director\nAchmad Taufik Husein said three people had been named suspects:<\/p>\n

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  1. Hamenang Wajar Ismoyo (HWI), Klaten Regent for the 2025\u20132030\nterm;<\/p><\/li>\n

  2. Ahmad Luthfi H Rahmatullah (ALU), head of the Central Java BPK\noffice; and<\/p><\/li>\n

  3. Muhammad Amin Wahyu Utomo (MAW), a private-sector party from PT\nMadani Winasis Creative.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u201cAfter finding sufficient evidence at the investigation stage, the\nKPK named three people as suspects,\u201d Taufik said.<\/p>\n

    Taufik said all three suspects were immediately detained. They are\nbeing held at the KPK\u2019s Merah Putih Building detention centre.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThe KPK has detained the suspects for an initial 20 days, from 16\nOctober to 4 November 2026. They are being held at the Merah Putih\nBuilding branch of the KPK detention centre,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

    Klaten Regent Hamenang Wajar Ismoyo had earlier completed questioning\nby the KPK after being caught in a sting operation. He was detained\nafter questioning, along with two others: Ahmad Luthfi, head of the\nCentral Java BPK representative office, and M Amin Wahyu Utomo, a\nprivate-sector party.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bribe-to-central-java-bpk-over-klaten-audit-was-delayed-after-muara-enim-raid-1792169502", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }