KPK Reveals Sukoharjo Regent Received Rp 2.93 Billion from Extorting Subordinates
Sukoharjo Regent Etik Suryani has been named a suspect by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in a case involving the extortion of subordinates. The KPK revealed that Etik received Rp 2.9 billion from extorting her staff.
The KPK disclosed that she used two decrees related to the Sukoharjo Regency Regional Financial, Revenue and Asset Management Agency (BPKAD) for the 2026 fiscal year. The two decrees are the Regent’s Decree on the Recipients and Amount of Regional Tax Collection Incentive Payments and the Regent’s Decree on the Recipients and Amount of Regional Levy Collection Incentive Payments.
“The issuance of these two Regent’s Decrees was allegedly used as a ‘tool’ by ETS to carry out the extortion of ‘Collection Fee Deposits’ within the Sukoharjo BPKAD,” explained KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Asep Guntur Rahayu during a press conference at the KPK’s Merah Putih building in Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Saturday (11/7/2026).
Asep stated that in the process of extorting her subordinates using the two decrees, Etik relied on the Head of the Sukoharjo Regency BPKAD, Richard Tri Handoko, to collect incentives from employees. Etik asked Richard to collect 40 per cent of the incentives received by each employee.
“ETS asked RCH, as the Head of the Sukoharjo Regency BPKAD, to collect around 40% of the incentives received by a number of employees at BPKAD,” Asep noted.
Richard, according to Asep, then followed up on Etik’s order. Richard subsequently instructed the echelon III officials within BPKAD to deposit the collection fee deductions to Nardi, the Secretary of BPKAD Sukoharjo for the 2021-2026 period, who then passed them on to Etik.
Additionally, during the process, Etik also allegedly ordered Tri Mulyo, the Head of the General Affairs Division of the Sukoharjo Regency Regional Secretariat, to manage the ‘Routine OPD Deposits’.
“On ETS’s orders, TRM collected deposits from various OPDs annually and during the holiday bonus momentum. Furthermore, TRM also allegedly provided deposits originating from fictitious expenditure receipts and procurement mark-ups at the General Affairs Division of the Sukoharjo Regency Government,” Asep explained.
Asep stated that during the 2024-2026 period, Etik received Rp 840 million from the ‘routine OPD deposits’ collected by TRM: Rp 245 million in 2024, Rp 350 million in 2025, and Rp 245 million in 2026. Meanwhile, the money collected by RCH from 2022 to 2024 from these OPD deposits reached Rp 1.2 billion.
“During the 2021-2026 period, the total collection fee deposits received by ETS are known to have reached Rp 2.93 billion. ETS used these proceeds, among other things, for personal interests,” Asep said.
The KPK has named Sukoharjo Regent Etik Suryani as a suspect in the extortion case within the Sukoharjo Regency Government. The KPK has also named two of Etik’s subordinates as suspects.
The three individuals named as suspects by the KPK are:
Sukoharjo Regent Etik Suryani
Head of the Regional Financial and Asset Management Agency (BPKAD) of Sukoharjo Regency, Richard Tri Handoko
Head of the General Affairs Division of the Sukoharjo Regency Regional Secretariat, Tri Mulyo.
In this case, the three are suspected of violating Article 12 letter e or Article 12 letter f and Article 12B of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001.