Tulungagung Regent Gatut Sunu Wibowo (second left), in a detainee vest, is escorted by Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officers on April 12, 2026, after he was interrogated in relation to extortion charges at the KPK headquarters in Setiabudi, South Jakarta.`

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