KPK Seals Several PUPR Office Rooms Following Arrest of Tulungagung Regent

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) sealed several work rooms at the Public Works and Spatial Planning Office (PUPR) in Tulungagung Regency, East Java, following a sting operation (OTT) against Tulungagung Regent Gatut Sunu Wibowo on Friday night (10/4). A 37-second video recording the atmosphere of the PUPR office rooms, which were padlocked and affixed with red seals reading “under KPK supervision,” circulated via an upload by @TulungagungEksis, as seen on Instagram social media. “Yes, some inside have been sealed,” said one of the guards at the Tulungagung PUPR office building on Saturday (11/4), quoted from Antara. In the short video that subsequently went viral, there were four rooms sealed by the KPK. The four rooms were the Water Resources Division room, the Road Infrastructure Division room, the Road Infrastructure Administration staff room, and the PUPR head’s room. The red seals also featured writing in black marker: “prohibited from damaging this seal without permission from KPK investigators.” Besides the four rooms in the PUPR office building, the KPK reportedly also sealed rooms in the Tulungagung Regent’s official residence located in the Pendopo Kongas Arum Kusumaningrum Complex. Access to the official residence is currently tightly closed from the gate with local Satpol PP guarding it. KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo stated that the KPK team has brought Tulungagung Regent Gatut Sunu Wibowo to Jakarta for further examination. “The Regent arrived at the KPK Merah Putih building around 06.50 WIB and was immediately subjected to intensive examination,” said Budi. “From a total of eighteen people examined and secured on Friday (10/4), thirteen of them were subsequently brought to Jakarta today in stages,” he added. Those brought to Jakarta include Gatut along with eleven people from the Tulungagung Regency Government environment, and one other party. These parties will then undergo further examination at the KPK Merah Putih Building. In addition to securing the parties, the team also secured evidence items, including cash.