The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has revealed the evidence\nin the extortion case involving Sukoharjo Regent Etik Suryani (ETS), who\nallegedly extorted her subordinates before being arrested in a sting\noperation (OTT).<\/p>\n
Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Asep Guntur Rahayu said that\nduring the covert investigation, the team secured evidence worth a total\nof Rp21.2 billion.<\/p>\n
That figure comprises Rp6.4 billion in cash, around Rp7.5 billion in\nforeign currency, and precious metals weighing 2.5 kg valued at Rp7.3\nbillion.<\/p>\n
\u201c[The foreign currency breakdown is] 460,350 Singapore dollars,\n30,000 Australian dollars, 31,300 US dollars, 586,000 Japanese yen,\n12,210 Malaysian ringgit, and 34,585 Thai baht,\u201d Asep said at a press\nconference at the KPK\u2019s Merah Putih building on Saturday (11 January) at\nmidday.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cAs well as 25 pieces of 100-gram precious metal, totalling\n2.5 kg, valued at Rp7.3 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asep said the evidence was seized from the office of Richard Tri\nHandoko, head of the Sukoharjo Regency Financial and Asset Management\nAgency (BPKAD), from safes belonging to Etik in Wonogiri and Laweyan,\nand from Nardi, the BPKAD secretary.<\/p>\n
At the press conference, the KPK also displayed the evidence,\nincluding rupiah banknotes, precious metals, and wads of yen and\nbaht.<\/p>\n
The KPK arrested Etik and 17 others in the sting operation on Friday.\nThey were questioned at Surakarta City Police Headquarters, and nine of\nthem were taken to the Merah Putih building.<\/p>\n
Asep also revealed that Etik used regental decrees as instruments to\nextort her employees.<\/p>\n
\u201cMs ETS, as Sukoharjo Regent for the 2021-2025 and 2025-2030 periods,\nissued a Regent\u2019s Decree on the Recipients and Amount of Incentive\nPayments for Local Tax Collection, and a Regent\u2019s Decree on the\nRecipients and Amount of Incentive Payments for Local Levy Collection at\nthe Sukoharjo Regency BPKAD for 2026,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth decrees are suspected to have been used by ETS as tools to\ncommit extortion in the form of \u2018collection fee deposits\u2019 within the\nSukoharjo BPKAD,\u201d Asep added.<\/p>\n
Etik allegedly instructed BPKAD head Richard Tri Handoko to collect\naround 40 per cent of the incentives received by a number of BPKAD\nemployees.<\/p>\n
On Etik\u2019s orders, Handoko allegedly directed third-echelon officials\nwithin the BPKAD to hand over these deductions to Nardi, the BPKAD\nsecretary, from 2021 to 2026.<\/p>\n
Once collected, the money was passed on to Etik. Over those five\nyears, the total collection fee deposits received by Etik reached Rp2.93\nbillion.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/evidence-in-sukoharjo-regent-extortion-case-precious-metals-to-yen-1783756315", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }