KPK Probes Sources of Funds from 16 OPD Heads for Tulungagung Regent's Quota
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will probe the sources of funds prepared by 16 heads of regional device organisations (OPD) for the inactive Regent of Tulungagung, Gatut Sunu Wibowo.
“Of course, this also opens opportunities to determine whether the parties being extorted prepared the money from their personal pockets or from other sources; this will certainly be further developed by investigators,” said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo at the Red and White Building in Jakarta on Friday (17/4/2026).
Budi stated that the KPK is also continuing to investigate other OPDs that received threats and extortion from Regent Sunu.
“The method involved using resignation statements; each OPD, after being inaugurated, was immediately presented with such a statement,” he said.
KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Asep Guntur Rahayu stated that Regent Gatut extorted the OPD heads using resignation letters, forcing the officials to prepare the requested funds.
“We found facts that to meet the Regent’s demands, some OPDs even borrowed funds and used personal money,” said Asep at the Red and White Building in Jakarta on Saturday (11/4/2026).
Asep explained that if an OPD head could not meet Regent Gatut’s demands, their resignation letter could be immediately issued.
Therefore, he said, officials in the Tulungagung Regency government were unable to do anything because they were bound by those letters.
In addition, Asep stated that Gatut’s aide, Dwi Yoga Ambal, routinely collected the money from OPD heads.
“YOG (Dwi Yoga Ambal) did this continuously, possibly almost every week two or three times, collecting,” he said.
The KPK stated that Gatut targeted collecting up to Rp 5 billion from the OPD leaders.
The contribution amounts varied between Rp 15 million and Rp 2.8 billion.
Up to the arrest on Friday (10/4/2026), the collected funds reached Rp 2.7 billion.
“These funds are suspected to have been used for personal interests such as buying shoes, medical treatment, dining, and other personal needs that were also requested or charged to OPD budgets,” said Asep.
Gatut is also suspected of arranging health equipment procurement vendors at the regional general hospital, favouring specific vendors to win the bids.
For their actions, the suspects are charged with corruption offences as stipulated in Article 12 letter e or Article 12B of Law No. 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law No. 20 of 2001 on the eradication of corruption crimes, in conjunction with Article 20 letter c of Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code.