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    "data": {
        "id": 1972551,
        "msgid": "kpk-questions-immigration-official-in-visa-extortion-case-1789048380",
        "date": "2026-09-10 20:03:02",
        "title": "KPK questions immigration official in visa extortion case",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_EN",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has scheduled an examination of an immigration official as part of an ongoing investigation into a massive visa extortion scheme. The case involves allegations that officials obtained approximately 145.5 billion rupiah through illegal processing of residence permits for foreign nationals between 2022 and 2026.",
        "content": "<p>\u201cKPK has scheduled an examination of WRM, an official with the\nDirectorate of Residence Permits and Immigration Status at the Ministry\nof Immigration and Corrections,\u201d KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo told\nreporters in Jakarta on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>KPK previously conducted a sting operation over alleged corruption\ninvolving the processing of residence permits for foreign nationals.<\/p>\n<p>During the operation, Silmy Karim, who was then deputy minister of\nimmigration and corrections, turned himself in to the KPK.<\/p>\n<p>On June 4, 2026, KPK named eight people suspects in an alleged\nextortion case involving foreign nationals\u2019 residence permits from 2022\nto 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The case involved the former Ministry of Law and Human Rights, whose\nimmigration functions were later transferred to the Ministry of\nImmigration and Corrections.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Silmy, who served as immigration director general from 2023\nto 2024, KPK named Saffar Muhammad Godam, acting immigration director\ngeneral from 2024 to 2025, as a suspect.<\/p>\n<p>The six other suspects are West Java immigration office head Jaya\nSaputra, West Jakarta immigration office head Ronald Arman Abdullah, and\nimmigration officials Tessar Bayu Setyaji, Bagus Bramantyo, Juniadi Sri\nPriambudi, and Gusti Benardiansyah.<\/p>\n<p>KPK suspects the defendants obtained about 145.5 billion rupiah\n(US$8.27 million) through the alleged extortion scheme between 2022 and\n2026.<\/p>\n<p>Related news: KPK to question foreigners in immigration extortion\ncase<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Silmy Karim receives Rp100 mln weekly from immigration\nextortion<\/p>\n<p>Related news: KPK detains Dy Minister, 7 officials in immigration\nextortion case<\/p>\n<p>Translator: Rio F, Rahmad Nasution<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kpk-questions-immigration-official-in-visa-extortion-case-1789048380",
        "image": ""
    },
    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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