The Central Executive Board of the Indonesian Democratic Party of\nStruggle (PDIP) has stated it will dismiss Etik Suryani as a cadre of\nthe party following her arrest in a sting operation by the Corruption\nEradication Commission (KPK). The Sukoharjo Regent has now been named a\nsuspect in an alleged corruption case.<\/p>\n
PDIP Central Executive Board Chairman Deddy Yevri Sitorus said the\nparty has its own rules regarding punishment for cadres caught in KPK\nsting operations. \u201cOur rules enforce the dismissal of membership\nstatus,\u201d Deddy said when contacted on Sunday, 12 July 2026.<\/p>\n
The dismissal of cadres caught in sting operations, he said, takes\neffect immediately. He did not yet explain the party\u2019s reasoning for\ndirectly dismissing cadres caught in operations by the anti-corruption\nagency.<\/p>\n
In a separate occasion, another PDIP Central Executive Board\nChairman, Andreas Hugo Pareira, said the party had received a report\nfrom the Central Java Regional Executive Board regarding Etik Suryani\u2019s\ncase. Andreas said the report from the party\u2019s regional administrators\nrequested that the Sukoharjo Regent be investigated.<\/p>\n
\u201cSanctions can range from deactivation, a warning, to dismissal,\u201d he\nsaid when contacted on Sunday, 12 July 2026.<\/p>\n
Etik Suryani was caught in a KPK sting operation on Thursday, 9 July\n2026. Besides the Sukoharjo Regent, the KPK also detained eight other\nindividuals: Richard Tri Handoko, Head of the Sukoharjo Regency Regional\nFinancial and Asset Management Agency (BPKAD); Tri Mulyo, Head of\nGeneral Affairs at the Sukoharjo Regency Regional Secretariat and a\nconfidant of the Regent; and Abdul Haris Widodo, Regional Secretary of\nSukoharjo Regency.<\/p>\n
Also caught in the operation were Nardi, Secretary of the Sukoharjo\nRegency BPKAD; Teguh Pramono, Assistant for Government and People\u2019s\nWelfare at the Sukoharjo Regency Regional Secretariat; Bowo Sutopo Dwi\nAtmojo, Head of the Sukoharjo Regency Public Works and Public Housing\nAgency (PUPR); Erwan Triawan, a private sector party; and Hafidz Nur\nIrfan, a student.<\/p>\n
KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Asep Guntur Rahayu explained\nthat Etik Suryani issued a Regent\u2019s Decree on the Recipients and Amount\nof Regional Tax Collection Incentive Payments and a Regent\u2019s Decree on\nthe Recipients and Amount of Regional Retribution Collection Incentive\nPayments at the Sukoharjo Regency Regional Financial, Revenue and Asset\nManagement Agency for the Year 2026.<\/p>\n
The two decrees were allegedly used by Etik as a tool to collect levy\npayments within the Sukoharjo BPKAD. According to him, Etik\u2019s request\nallegedly continued the tradition of the previous regent, who is Etik\u2019s\nhusband. Etik used coded instructions in Javanese, essentially\nrequesting that the amount of the payment be adjusted to match the\npayments made to the previous regent.<\/p>\n
The previous regent also instructed BPKAD officials at the time with\nthe command \u201cWes dilantik ojo mendeleng wae,\u201d which means \u201cYou\u2019ve been\ninaugurated, don\u2019t just stay silent,\u201d so that BPKAD employees would\nprovide payments to the regent.<\/p>\n
At Etik\u2019s behest, Richard allegedly instructed echelon III officials\nwithin the BPKAD to deposit the levy deductions to Nardi as Secretary of\nBPKAD from 2012 to 2026, which were then passed on to Etik. During the\n2021-2026 period, the total levy payments received by Etik reached Rp\n2.93 billion.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the KPK suspects Etik instructed Tri Mulyo to manage\nroutine payments from regional apparatus organisations (OPD). The amount\nrequested also allegedly continued the legacy of the previous regent,\nusing Javanese code to match the amount to the previous period. During\nthe previous regent\u2019s period, he requested payments from general affairs\nemployees with the instruction \u201cGolekno 500 akhir tahun,\u201d meaning \u201cFind\nRp 500 million for the end of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n
At Etik\u2019s instruction, Tri Mulyo collected payments from various OPDs\nannually and during holiday bonus periods. Additionally, Tri allegedly\nprovided payments originating from fictitious expenditure receipts and\nprocurement mark-ups within the General Affairs Section of the Sukoharjo\nRegency Government.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/pdip-to-expel-sukoharjo-regent-following-kpk-sting-operation-1783857190", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }