The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Klaten Regent\nHamenang Wajar Ismoyo a suspect in a bribery case involving the\nalteration of a BPK audit result. The KPK said Hamenang asked the Audit\nBoard of Indonesia (BPK) to remove a finding from its Audit Report (LHP)\nconcerning excess honorarium payments.<\/p>\n
Acting KPK Investigation Director Achmad Taufik Husein said the\nCentral Java BPK representative office audited Klaten Regency\nGovernment\u2019s 2025 financial statements in April 2026. The audit\nidentified approximately Rp5 billion in excess honorarium payments:\nRp4.16 billion for speakers at regulatory outreach events whose payments\ndid not match the duration of the events, and Rp1.02 billion in excess\npayments to activity organisers.<\/p>\n
Taufik said that, following the finding, Hamenang and Klaten Regency\nGovernment Inspector Agus Suprapto met BPK Central Java officials in\nSemarang. Those they met included Iwan Hery Setiawan, head of Central\nJava Audit Division 3, and Ahmad Luthfi H. Rahmatullah, head of the\nCentral Java BPK office.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the meeting, they discussed plans to drop two findings related to\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 finding from the audit\nof 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 until they reached an agreement of 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 Government officials, including Acting Regional Secretary Jaka\nPurwanto, Head of the Leadership Protocol and Communications Section\nRizqan Iryawan, and Regional Financial and Asset Management Agency\n(BPKAD) head M Himawan Purnomo. Hamenang passed Ahmad Luthfi\u2019s \u201cAmidis\u201d\ncode to Rizqan, along with a request to prepare Rp400 million, in line\nwith the agreement between ALU and HWI.<\/p>\n
Rizqan then passed on the code and request to prepare Rp400 million\nto Muhammad Amin Wahyu Utomo (MAW), a private-sector representative of\nPT Madani Winasis Creative (MWC). However, after the KPK\u2019s arrest\noperation in Muara Enim over suspected bribery linked to a BPK audit,\nMAW postponed the payment to Amidis until June 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cMeanwhile, in June 2026, BPK submitted its audit report to the\nKlaten Regency Government, having dropped the finding concerning excess\npayments to speakers, as agreed between ALU and HWI,\u201d Taufik 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 results. Hamenang was named a suspect after being caught in a KPK\nsting operation.<\/p>\n
Acting KPK Investigation Director Achmad Taufik Husein said at a\npress conference at the KPK\u2019s Merah Putih Building in Kuningan, South\nJakarta, on Friday (16 October) that three people had been named\nsuspects:<\/p>\n
Hamenang Wajar Ismoyo (HWI), Klaten Regent for the 2025\u20132030\nterm;<\/p><\/li>\n
Ahmad Luthfi H. Rahmatullah (ALU), head of the Central Java BPK\noffice; and<\/p><\/li>\n
Muhammad Amin Wahyu Utomo (MAW), a private-sector representative\nof PT Madani Winasis Creative.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\u201cAfter finding sufficient evidence during the investigation, the KPK\nnamed three people as suspects,\u201d Taufik said.<\/p>\n
Taufik said all three suspects were immediately detained at the KPK\ndetention centre in the Merah Putih Building.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe KPK has detained the suspects for the first 20 days, from 16\nOctober to 4 November 2026. They are being held at the KPK\u2019s detention\ncentre in the Merah Putih Building,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Klaten Regent Hamenang Wajar Ismoyo had completed questioning by the\nKPK after being caught in the sting operation. He was detained after\nquestioning, alongside two others: Ahmad Luthfi, head of the Central\nJava BPK office, and M Amin Wahyu Utomo, a private-sector\nrepresentative.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/klaten-regent-asked-bpk-to-remove-audit-finding-on-excess-honorarium-payments-1792169493", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }