Nine Civil Servants Caught Absent from Office Despite Diligent Attendance Logs, Arrested by Police
Nine individuals have been named as suspects in an alleged case involving the abuse of the electronic attendance system for Civil Servants (ASN) within the Brebes Regency Government.
Brebes Police Chief Lilik Ardhiansyah explained that the case originated from a report by the Brebes Regency Regional Civil Service and Human Resources Development Agency (BKPSDMD) regarding suspected illegal online attendance detected between 29 and 30 April 2026.
Based on investigations by the Brebes Police Criminal Investigation Unit, it was discovered that there was an alleged redirection of coordinate points within the Brebes Regency Government’s electronic attendance system. This modus operandi allegedly allowed several civil servants to perform online attendance despite not being at the locations specified in the system.
Following these findings, the BKPSD_MD of Brebes Regency reported the suspected criminal act to the Brebes Police for legal processing.
Citing the official Indonesian National Police Public Relations website, investigators have named nine suspects, identified by the initials AH (41), DB (38), FFR (40), RTH (39), NK (41), AM (35), SEP (35), SDK (33), and LS (38).
Suspect AH is alleged to have played a role in creating an illegal application named ‘Person’, which was used to breach the Brebes Regency Government’s attendance application system. Other suspects allegedly had different roles, ranging from assisting in creating bank accounts to hold proceeds from the application’s sale, marketing the application via WhatsApp groups, to distributing and using the software.
The ‘Person’ application was allegedly designed to manipulate the electronic attendance system by altering the user’s location coordinates. The application was subsequently distributed to several civil servants in Brebes Regency.
Based on the evidence obtained, investigators have upgraded the case to the investigation stage and detained the nine suspects at the Brebes Detention Centre (Rutan).
In uncovering the case, police also seized several pieces of evidence, including recapitulated ASN attendance data showing signs of manipulation, one laptop, several mobile phones allegedly used in the crime, and bank statements from several accounts suspected of being linked to the illegal application sales transactions.
The nine suspects identified in the case are civil servants within the Brebes Regency Government serving in different schools. All suspects have been detained at the Brebes Class IIB Detention Centre since 27 June 2026.
For their actions, the suspects face charges under Article 333 letter h in conjunction with Article 20 letter c of Law Number 1 of 2023 regarding the Criminal Code (KUHP), concerning the distribution, trade, or use of access codes or information that can be used to breach computers or electronic systems used or protected by the government. The suspects face a maximum prison sentence of seven years.