JAKARTA – Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has alleged that Sukoharjo Regent Etik Suryani received Rp2.93 billion (approximately US$180,000) from the extortion of her subordinates through a levy collection scheme within the Sukoharjo Regency Government.
KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Asep Guntur Rahayu said the allegations are linked to the issuance of two 2026 Regent Decrees concerning the recipients and amounts of incentive payments for regional tax collection and regional levy collection.
“The issuance of these two Regent Decrees was allegedly used by ETS as a ‘tool’ to carry out the extortion of ‘Levy Collection Contributions (UP)’ within the Sukoharjo Regional Financial, Revenue and Asset Management Agency (BPKAD),” Asep said during a press conference at the KPK’s Merah Putih Building in South Jakarta on Saturday (July 11, 2026).
According to the KPK, Etik allegedly instructed Richard Tri Handoko, head of the Sukoharjo BPKAD, to collect approximately 40 percent of the incentives received by a number of BPKAD employees.
Richard allegedly followed the order by instructing echelon III officials within the agency to hand over the deducted levy collection incentives to Nardi, who served as BPKAD secretary from 2021 to 2026, before the money was allegedly passed on to Etik.
The KPK also alleged that Etik instructed Tri Mulyo, head of the General Affairs Division of the Sukoharjo Regional Secretariat, to collect routine contributions from regional government agencies (OPD). The contributions were allegedly collected annually and during the Eid holiday allowance (THR) period. Tri Mulyo is also alleged to have provided funds originating from fictitious expenditure documents and inflated procurement costs within the General Affairs Division of the Sukoharjo Regency Government.
The KPK said that between 2024 and 2026, Etik allegedly received Rp840 million from routine OPD contributions collected by Tri Mulyo, consisting of Rp245 million in 2024, Rp350 million in 2025, and Rp245 million in 2026. Meanwhile, funds collected by Richard from OPD contributions during the 2022–2024 period amounted to Rp1.2 billion.
“During the 2021–2026 period, the total levy collection contributions allegedly received by ETS reached Rp2.93 billion. The funds were allegedly used, among other things, for personal purposes,” Asep said.
In the case, the KPK has named three suspects: Sukoharjo Regent Etik Suryani, Sukoharjo BPKAD head Richard Tri Handoko, and Tri Mulyo, head of the General Affairs Division of the Sukoharjo Regional Secretariat.
The three suspects have been charged under Article 12(e) or Article 12(f), as well as Article 12B of Law No. 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Corruption, as amended by Law No. 20 of 2001.
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