Semarang, Central Java – Dozens of Sragen residents staged protest at Central Java Police headquarters in Semarang Monday, calling the police to investigate charges allegedly involving Sragen Regent Untung Wiyono.

The residents, grouped under Sragen Policy and Strategy Analysis Circle, went for a long march from their regency Friday and reached Semarang Monday.

The group's coordinator Saiful Hidayat said Untung allegedly used a fake school certificate while running for his post in 2000 and 2006 as well as being allegedly involved in a corruption case worth billions of rupiah.

Sragen Regent Untung Wiyono is known as a leader who successfully reformed administrative procedures in providing public services in the regency, which is a role model for reform across the region.