Prosecutors Reveal Role of Ex-Sleman Regent's Son in Grant Fund Corruption Case
Sleman District Council (DPRD) member Raudi Akmal has been named a suspect in an alleged corruption case by the Sleman District Prosecutor’s Office. The prosecution has revealed the involvement of the son of former Sleman Regent Sri Purnomo in the alleged corruption of a 2020 Sleman Regency tourism grant.
Head of the Sleman District Prosecutor’s Office, Bambang Yunianto, explained that the case began in 2020 when Sleman Regency received a grant from the Ministry of Finance amounting to Rp 68 billion for handling the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts.
The regulation was governed by Minister of Finance Regulation No. 46/PMK.07/2020 and Decree of the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy No: KM/694/PL.07.02/M-K/2020, which was amended by Decree No: KM/704/PL.07.02/M-K/2020 concerning Technical Guidelines for Tourism Grants in the Context of National Economic Recovery for Fiscal Year 2020.
Bambang stated that the prosecution’s investigation team discovered active actions by Raudi in managing the grant funds. Raudi’s role involved conditioning proposals from community groups.
“From the development of the investigation conducted by the Sleman District Prosecutor’s Office investigation team, active actions by suspect RA were found in the management of the 2020 Sleman Regency Tourism Grant,” Bambang told reporters at the Sleman Prosecutor’s Office on Monday evening (22/6/2026).
“Namely, by conditioning proposals from community groups as grant recipients, which were subsequently determined through a Sleman Regent Decree,” he added.
Bambang continued that these actions were carried out jointly with Sri Purnomo. He stated that the suspect’s actions resulted in state financial losses. Based on an audit report calculating state financial losses from the BPKP Representative Office of DIY, the state loss amounted to Rp 10.9 billion.
“The actions of suspect RA were carried out jointly with defendant Sri Purnomo,” he asserted.
Raudi Akmal has been detained based on Detention Order Number PRINT-01/M.4.11/Fd.2/06/2026 issued by the Head of the Sleman District Prosecutor’s Office on 22 June 2026.
“Subsequently, suspect RA has been detained for the next 20 days at the Yogyakarta Class IIA Detention Centre,” he said.
Prosecutors have charged Raudi with a primary indictment under Article 603 in conjunction with Article 20 letter C of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code, in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Corruption.
The subsidiary indictment is under Article 604 in conjunction with Article 20 letter C of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code, in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Corruption.
It was previously reported that the confirmation of the suspect status for the son of former Sleman Regent Sri Purnomo was announced directly by the Head of the Sleman District Prosecutor’s Office, Bambang Yunianto. Raudi was named a suspect after failing to appear for questioning twice. He only attended the third summons, at which point investigators immediately named him a suspect.
“Today, Monday, 22 June 2026, investigators from the Sleman District Prosecutor’s Office have elevated the status of a witness and named him a suspect in the development of the alleged corruption case involving irregularities in the management of tourism grant funds in Sleman Regency in 2020,” Bambang said when providing information to reporters at the Sleman Prosecutor’s Office on Monday evening.
“The witness with the initials RA. I repeat, the witness with the initials RA, who is a member of the Sleman District Council for the 2019-2024 and 2024-2029 periods,” he continued.