KPK Seizes Electronic Evidence and Car in Kuansing Sting Operation

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have seized electronic evidence and a car from a sting operation (OTT) in Kuantan Singingi Regency (Kuansing), Riau. “The team secured electronic evidence in the form of financial transactions. In addition, the team also secured a four-wheeled vehicle,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo at the KPK’s Merah Putih Building, Jakarta, Tuesday. Budi stated that the car was seized because it is suspected of being an instrument of bribery by the parties involved in the operation. He said the OTT activity is related to alleged bribery for a position within the Kuansing Regency Government. In the KPK’s 14th sting operation of 2026, the anti-corruption agency arrested ten people in Kuansing and Jakarta. Five of the ten individuals were subsequently brought in for questioning at the KPK’s Merah Putih Building. Nevertheless, the KPK has requested that Kuansing Regent Suhardiman Amby and Kuansing Regency Regional Secretary Zulkarnain surrender themselves. The KPK has 1x24 hours to determine the status of the parties caught in the operation in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP). In the same month, the KPK arrested Madiun Mayor Maidi in the second OTT, and Pati Regent Sudewo in the third OTT. In February 2026, the KPK arrested the Head of the Madya Tax Office in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, in the fourth OTT. That same month, the KPK also arrested Rizal, the former Director of Enforcement and Investigation at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise of the Ministry of Finance, who was serving as Head of the West Sumatra Customs Regional Office, in the fifth OTT. Furthermore, the KPK arrested Depok District Court Chief Judge I Wayan Eka Mariarta and Depok District Court Deputy Chief Judge Bambang Setyawan in the sixth OTT. During March 2026, which coincided with Ramadan, the KPK arrested Pekalongan Regent Fadia Arafiq, Rejang Lebong Regent Muhammad Fikri Thobari, and Cilacap Regent Syamsul Auliya Rachman. All three were arrested in separate sting operations. In April 2026, the KPK arrested Tulungagung Regent Gatut Sunu Wibowo in the tenth OTT. However, there were no KPK sting operations during May 2026. In June 2026, the KPK conducted another OTT which led to the surrender of Deputy Minister of Immigration and Corrections Silmy Karim. The KPK then arrested Muara Enim Regent Edison in the 12th OTT, and arrested a civil servant from the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) in the 13th OTT, which was a continuation of a previous sting operation.