The agency threatened him with legal action, and pharmacists from the health department and Gadjah Mada University were sent to supervise the jamu production.

[4] In 2003, a civil society group linked to Probo staged protests against the Regional Secretary of Cilacap, Saroso.

[7] Around the same period, civil servants and teachers reported to the Jakarta Post that they were forced to buy T-shirts bearing the face of Probo and Frans Lukman.

Probo's running mate in the election, Tatto Suwarto Pamuji, was a religious leader who was close to local kyai.

Probo's sole opponent in the election, Siti Fatimah, initially tried to secure PDIP's endorsement, but was rejected.

In response to the legal attempt by Siti, Probo supporters held rallies defending the validity of the election.

[10] In December 2007, the NGO Parliament Watch Cilacap (PWC) compiled a list of corruption cases by Probo during his first term and reported it to various institutions at the national level in Jakarta, including the Corruption Eradication Commission, the attorney general's office, and the national police.

[5] Probo initially attempted to obstruct the investigation by establishing a political alliance which included politicians and civil servants.

[11] Probo's attempt to halt the investigation began to shatter after the then-President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched a campaign on an anti-corruption platform in preparation for the 2009 Indonesian presidential election.

The lack of presence of the Democratic Party—Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's party—in Cilacap's local council meant that the party was largely unlikely to be implicated in the corruption case.