KPK Probes Chronology of Resignation Letter in Gatut Sunu Case

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is delving into the chronology of the creation of a resignation statement in the alleged extortion case involving suspended Tulungagung Regent Gatut Sunu Wibowo. KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo stated that this investigation was conducted by the anti-corruption agency through the examination of nine witnesses on Wednesday. “In today’s examination of the witnesses, investigators are probing the chronology of the creation of the resignation statement, which is then suspected to have been used as a tool to threaten and carry out extortion by the Regent,” Budi told journalists in Jakarta on Wednesday. According to Budi, the KPK suspects that the letter was used by Gatut Sunu to extort district apparatus officials within the Tulungagung Regency Government in East Java. Meanwhile, the nine witnesses examined by the KPK on Wednesday included AW, Head of the Protocol Section of the Tulungagung Regency Regional Secretariat; JTR, Staff of the Protocol Section of the Tulungagung Regency Regional Secretariat; MMM, Head of Public Welfare Section of the Tulungagung Regency Regional Secretariat; as well as AL and MG, Personal Secretaries to the Tulungagung Regent. Previously, the KPK conducted a raid operation (OTT) in Tulungagung, East Java, on 10 April 2026. The KPK arrested 18 people in that OTT, including Gatut Sunu Wibowo and his younger brother, who is also a member of the Tulungagung Regency DPRD, Jatmiko Dwijo Saputro. A day later, on 11 April 2026, the KPK brought Gatut Sunu Wibowo and his brother, along with 11 others, to Jakarta for intensive examination. On the same date, the KPK named Gatut Sunu Wibowo (GSW) and Dwi Yoga Ambal (YOG), his aide, as suspects in the alleged extortion and other receipts case within the Tulungagung Regency Government for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The letter had already been signed and stamped but was not dated. Through this modus operandi, the KPK suspects that Gatut Sunu Wibowo obtained up to Rp2.7 billion from a target of Rp5 billion from 16 heads of regional device organisations (OPD) within the Tulungagung Regency Government.