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        "id": 2062967,
        "msgid": "kpk-searches-semarang-customs-office-and-central-java-regional-office-seizes-cash-1793357720",
        "date": "2026-10-30 17:18:06",
        "title": "KPK Searches Semarang Customs Office and Central Java Regional Office, Seizes Cash",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) searched two Customs and Excise offices in Semarang as part of a new investigation into alleged corruption involving cigarette excise stamps, seizing documents, electronic devices and cash. The wider case, which has also involved searches at PT Djarum and a customs office in Kudus, is suspected of causing state losses worth trillions of rupiah; the amount of cash seized is still being counted.",
        "content": "<p>The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has searched premises in\na case involving excise stamps at the Directorate General of Customs and\nExcise of the Finance Ministry. It has now searched the Semarang Customs\nOffice and the Central Java Regional Customs Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, investigators continued their searches in the Semarang area.\nThe two locations searched were the Semarang Customs Office and the\nCentral Java Regional Customs Office,\u201d KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo told\nreporters on Friday (30 October 2026).<\/p>\n<p>Investigators seized documents and electronic devices, as well as\ncash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestigators also seized a sum of cash. The amount is still being\ncounted,\u201d Budi said.<\/p>\n<p>The KPK is understood to have issued a new investigation warrant as\nit expands its case concerning the Finance Ministry\u2019s Directorate\nGeneral of Customs and Excise. In connection with the new warrant, the\nKPK has searched PT Djarum\u2019s office in Kudus, Central Java, as well as\nthe Kudus Type C Excise Customs and Excise Supervision and Service\nOffice (KPPBC TMC Kudus).<\/p>\n<p>The KPK said the expanded case involving PT Djarum had caused losses\nto state revenue from excise. It said the losses could reach trillions\nof rupiah. Budi has not disclosed when the alleged handling of PT\nDjarum\u2019s excise stamps took place or the suspected method of corruption.\nBefore the latest searches, the KPK had been searching locations in\nKudus, as part of its investigation into the Directorate General of\nCustoms and Excise.<\/p>\n<p>The new investigation focuses on alleged irregularities in the\nprocess involving cigarette excise stamps. Investigators suspect that\nthe case has caused state losses of up to trillions of rupiah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis concerns alleged corruption involving state revenue. That means\nit relates to losses to state finances under Article 2, Article 3, or\nArticles 603 and 604 of the Criminal Code, in connection with excise,\u201d\nKPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo told reporters at the KPK\u2019s Red and White\nBuilding in Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Thursday (29 October).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe preliminary estimate of state losses is in the trillions,\u201d he\nadded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PT Djarum says it respects the legal process<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PT Djarum has responded after its office was searched by the KPK,\nsaying it respects the legal process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe respect the legal process,\u201d PT Djarum Corporate Communications\nManager Budi Darmawan said when contacted on Friday (30 October).<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kpk-searches-semarang-customs-office-and-central-java-regional-office-seizes-cash-1793357720",
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