Blueray Cargo Owner Awaits Verdict in Customs Bribery Case
Jakarta (ANTARA) - John Field, the owner of Blueray Cargo, appeared on Friday at a verdict hearing in a bribery case involving the Directorate General of Customs and Excise at the Ministry of Finance during 2025-2026, held at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court.
Alongside John Field, the judges’ verdicts will also be read out for Dedy Kurniawan, Custom Clearance Operations Manager at Blueray Cargo Port, and Andri, Head of the Import Documentation Team at Blueray Cargo, in the same hearing.
According to the Central Jakarta District Court’s Case Tracking Information System (SIPP), the hearing will be presided over by Chief Judge Brelly Yuniar Dien in the Muhammad Hatta Ali courtroom at 10.00 Western Indonesia Time.
Previously, prosecutors sought a three-year prison sentence and a fine of Rp300 million, subsidised by 100 days’ imprisonment, for John Field, after he was found to have offered bribes in the form of cash, luxury goods and entertainment facilities to Customs officials.
The bribes were given together with Dedy Kurniawan and Andri. Both were prosecuted with prison sentences of two years and six months respectively, as well as fines of Rp200 million, on the condition that if unpaid, they be replaced (subsidiary) with 80 days’ imprisonment.
In the case, the three defendants are alleged to have given bribes totalling Rp63.15 billion to a number of officials at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise at the Ministry of Finance.
The bribes were given with the aim of encouraging Customs to ensure that imported goods belonging to the Blueray Cargo Group were released more quickly from the supervision process in the Customs section of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise.
In detail, the bribes given included Singapore dollars worth Rp61.3 billion, as well as entertainment facilities and luxury goods valued at Rp1.85 billion.
The Customs officials allegedly receiving the bribes were Rizal, Orlando Hamonangan, Fillar Marindra, Sisprian Subiaksono and Enov Puji.
Bribes in Singapore dollars were handed over on seven occasions to the five Customs officials, while the gratification given comprised entertainment facilities worth Rp1.45 billion and a Tag Heuer watch valued at Rp65 million to Orlando, as well as a Mazda CX-5 vehicle worth Rp330 million to Enov.
For their actions, the defendants face criminal penalties under Article 605 paragraph (1) letter a or Article 606 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 20 letter c in conjunction with Article 126 paragraph (1) of the National Criminal Code, in conjunction with Article VII numbers 48-49 of the Criminal Penalty Adjustment Law.