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Etik is the fourth regional head in Central Java and the 10th nationwide to be arrested by the KPK on corruption allegations this year.
Sukoharjo Regent Etik Suryani (left) is escorted by police officers on Friday upon her arrival for questioning at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Headquarters in Jakarta. Etik was apprehended along with seventeen others in a graft raid over alleged extortion targeting officials in the Sukoharjo administration. (Antara Foto/Indrianto Eko Suwarso)
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested Sukoharjo Regent Etik Suryani in Central Java over an alleged extortion scheme, making her the third regional head detained by the antigraft agency on corruption allegations since the start of the month.KPK investigators arrested Etik along with 17 other people during a series of raids in Sukoharjo and the neighboring cities of Surakarta and Wonogiri on Thursday night. The detainees were taken to the Surakarta Police headquarters, where they underwent overnight questioning that lasted until around 5:30 a.m. on Friday.
