Tulungagung Regency Ensures Services Remain Normal After KPK Sting Operation

Civil servants continue to work as usual. No services have stopped despite several rooms being sealed. Tulungagung, East Java (ANTARA) - Public services and office activities in the Tulungagung Regency Government, East Java, are assured to run normally even though several rooms remain sealed by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) following a sting operation against the local regent. Acting Secretary of the Regional Secretariat of Tulungagung, Soeroto, stated on Monday that the sealing of several rooms does not disrupt government operations because Civil Servants (ASN) can still work by utilising alternative spaces. “Civil servants continue to work as usual. No services have stopped despite several rooms being sealed,” he said. In the regency office, the sealed rooms include the procurement of goods and services room as well as the meeting room of the procurement section. Meanwhile, at the Public Works Department office, sealing was carried out on the water resources room (SDA), roads and bridges development room, roads and bridges administration staff room, as well as the head of department’s room. Due to the sealing, several administrative activities have been relocated to other rooms to ensure services continue to run. In addition, the local government is still awaiting instructions from the Ministry of Home Affairs regarding the filling of the regional head position following the sting operation. Previously, the KPK designated Tulungagung Regent Gatut Sunu Wibowo and his aide Dwi Yoga Ambal as suspects in a case of alleged extortion against several regional device organisations (OPD). In the case, the regent is alleged to have targeted the collection of funds up to Rp5 billion, and around Rp2.7 billion was secured during the sting operation.