KPK announces sting operation against Pekalongan Regent Fadia Arafiq related to outsourcing
Jakarta — The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has detailed the sting operation (OTT) against Pekalongan Regent Fadia Arafiq in connection with outsourcing procurement or third-party staffing within the Pekalongan Regency Government, Central Java. ‘One of them concerns procurement of goods and services in the form of outsourcing within the Pekalongan Regency Government. So, this is suspected to be present in several departments,’ KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo said at the Juang Building, KPK, in Jakarta, on Tuesday.
Budi further explained that the KPK suspects there was rigging or undue influence in the outsourcing of labour. ‘A number of procurements carried out in the departments of the Lamongan Regency Government are believed to have been arranged or manipulated, so that certain vendors or companies could enter and win,’ he said.
The KPK has 1x24 hours to determine the status of those arrested in the OTT in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP).
OTT second, on 19 January 2026, the KPK confirmed the arrest of Madiun Mayor Maidi. On 20 January 2026, the anti-corruption agency announced Maidi as one of the suspects in alleged corruption in the form of extortion with a modus operandi of project kickbacks and CSR funds as well as other receipts or gratifications within the Madiun City Government, East Java.
On 19 January 2026, the KPK conducted the third OTT and arrested Pati Regent Sudewo. On 20 January 2026, the KPK announced Sudewo as one of the suspects in alleged extortion in filling village-level apparatus positions within the Pati Regency Government, Central Java.
The fourth OTT, on 4 February 2026, was in the environment of the Madya KPP in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. The arrests were related to the process of tax restitution at that KPP.
On 4 February 2026, the KPK announced the fifth OTT related to the importation of counterfeit or imitation goods. One of those arrested was Rizal, the former Director of Enforcement and Investigation at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu), who was serving as Head of the Sumatera Bagian Barat Regional Office of Customs and Excise.
The sixth OTT was disclosed on 5 February 2026, relating to alleged corruption in handling a land dispute covering 6,500 square metres within the Depok District Court, West Java. The KPK named the Chief Judge of Depok District Court I Wayan Eka Mariarta, the Deputy Chief Judge Bambang Setyawan, and the President Director of PT Karabha Digdaya, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Finance, as suspects.
The seventh OTT, announced on 3 March 2026, the KPK announced conducting a series of sting operations in Central Java, including the arrest of Pekalongan Regent Fadia Arafiq with two other individuals in Semarang, and 11 others in Pekalongan.