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        "id": 1795148,
        "msgid": "former-customs-intelligence-head-reprimanded-by-judge-for-repeatedly-saying-maybe-during-testimony-1781074320",
        "date": "2026-06-10 12:54:00",
        "title": "Former Customs Intelligence Head Reprimanded by Judge for Repeatedly Saying 'Maybe' During Testimony",
        "author": "Thalatie Kaprina Yani",
        "source": "MEDIA_INDONESIA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "The presiding judge at the Corruption Court reprimanded former Customs and Excise intelligence head Sisprian Subiaksono for frequently using speculative language during his testimony in a bribery case. The judge stressed that witnesses must only testify to what they personally experienced, saw, or heard, reminding Sisprian of the serious legal and religious consequences of giving false testimony. Sisprian is a witness in the trial of businessman John Field and is also a suspect in a related corruption case involving Rp63.1 billion in bribes to customs officials.",
        "content": "<p>Corruption Court (Tipikor) presiding judge Brelly Yuniar Dien\nreprimanded former Head of Customs and Excise Intelligence, Sisprian\nSubiaksono, on Wednesday (10\/6). The reprimand was issued because\nSisprian frequently gave uncertain testimony using the word \u2018maybe\u2019.\nSisprian appeared as a witness for defendant John Field, owner of PT\nBlueray, in connection with an alleged bribery case within the\nDirectorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC). Sisprian is known to\nbe a suspect in a similar case being handled by the Corruption\nEradication Commission (KPK). During the trial, Sisprian was pressed on\nthe initiative for a meeting between Customs officials and a number of\nbusinesspeople categorised as High-Risk Importers (IBT) at the Hotel\nBorobudur in July last year. When the prosecutor asked whether the\nmeeting plan was reported to the then-Director General of Customs, Jaka\nBudi Utama, Sisprian answered hesitantly. \u2018I don\u2019t know, it was possibly\nconveyed by the Director,\u2019 said Sisprian. Hearing that answer, the\npresiding judge immediately reminded the witness not to provide\nspeculative testimony. \u2018Do not use the word \u2019maybe\u2019, sir. In court, we\ncannot use the word \u2018maybe\u2019. What you testify to must be what you\nexperienced, saw, and heard yourself,\u2019 stressed chief judge Brelly. The\njudge then reminded Sisprian of the oath he took at the start of the\ntrial. The judge emphasised that there are serious consequences for\nwitnesses who provide false testimony, both legally and religiously.\n\u2018Remember, you have sworn an oath. If you have faith, if you have\nreligion, it forbids you from saying something that is untrue or lying.\nIn the afterlife, you will go to hell for all eternity just because of\nthis testimony alone,\u2019 said the judge in the courtroom. In this case,\nJohn Field as the owner of PT Blueray Cargo, together with Import\nDocumentation Team Head Andri (AND) and Operations Manager Dedy\nKurniawan (DK), was charged with giving bribes to a number of officials\nwithin the Directorate General of Customs and Excise amounting to Rp63.1\nbillion. Besides Sisprian, this case has also implicated several other\nCustoms officials as bribe recipients, including former Director of\nEnforcement and Investigation, Rizal, and Customs Intelligence Section\nHead, Orlando Hamonangan.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/former-customs-intelligence-head-reprimanded-by-judge-for-repeatedly-saying-maybe-during-testimony-1781074320",
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