Brown Envelope Code from Blueray to Customs Officials
Public Prosecutors from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) disclosed the existence of brown envelope codes in a bribery case involving Blueray Cargo’s boss, John Field, and officials of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Dirjen Bea Cukai).
This was revealed at a examination hearing of Orlando Hamonangan, head of the Customs Intelligence Section I of the Enforcement and Investigation Directorate of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, at the Corruption Court (PN Tipikor) in Jakarta on Wednesday, 20 May 2025.
The prosecutors from the KPK said the envelope codes with the inscriptions 1 to 3 emerged after a meeting between John Field and the Director General of Customs and Excise, Djaka Budi Utama; the Director of Enforcement and Investigation, Rizal, at the Borobudur Hotel, Central Jakarta, on 22 July 2025.
A month later, Orlando or Ocoy said John Field and a woman identified as Sri Pangastuti or Tuti visited his office carrying envelopes marked with codes 1 to 3.
“For the envelopes entrusted to me, there were brown envelopes with the initials of numbers 2 and 1, sir,” Ocoy said.
Nevertheless, Ocoy admitted he did not know who the envelope marked with number 1 was intended for.
He claimed to know only the meaning of code number 2, which was for Rizal, and code number 3 for the Sub-Director of Intelligence of the Enforcement and Investigation Directorate, Sisprian Subiaksono.
“Number one I do not know, Sir; number two I know, number three I know,” Ocoy clarified.
Ocoy said the envelope coded with number 1 was handed to Rizal outside the office at the weekend as instructed.
Subsequently, the prosecutors displayed sampling data of the envelopes received by each Customs official. In the table presented, codes 1 DIR, 2 BR, 3 SIS, 4 HEN, 4 BY up to 4 OC appeared.
“Your Honour, we are presenting the photos to link the codes as understood by Mr. Ocoy to who would receive the envelopes,” the prosecutor said.
The prosecutors confirmed that the codes ‘2’ and ‘3’ named by Orlando corresponded to Rizal and Sisprian, respectively.
Meanwhile, the envelope coded ‘1’ belonged to Djaka Budi Utama, the Director General of Customs and Excise. The prosecutors also stated that in the August handover, the total money received by Djaka amounted to S$200,000.
“Your Honour, we emphasise that the sums for codes 2 and 1 amount to S$213,600,” the prosecutor said. “We are emphasising this, as we have the evidence.”
Meanwhile, the Head of Public Relations and Outreach, Customs, Budi Prasetiyo, said he respected the legal process surrounding the case that allegedly involves the Director General of Customs.
“We respect the legal process and the evidentiary process underway in court, while upholding the presumption of innocence,” he said.
According to Budi, as the matter has entered the trial stage, to respect and safeguard the independence of the process, his party would not comment on the substance of the case.
Previously, John Field, as head of Blueray Cargo (Group), was charged with bribing several officials at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise with Rp61 billion and providing entertainment facilities and luxury goods worth Rp1.8 billion.
The bribery offence was carried out by John Field together with Co-Defendant II Dedy Kurniawan Sukolo, as Operational Manager of Customs Clearance at Blueray Cargo (Group), and Co-Defendant III Andri, as Head of the Import Documentation Team at Blueray Cargo (Group).
The recipients of the bribe were the Director of Enforcement and Investigation, Rizal; the Sub-Director of Intelligence, Directorate of Enforcement and Investigation, Sisprian Subiaksono; and the Head of the Customs Intelligence Section I, Directorate of Enforcement and Investigation, Orlando Hamonangan.
The cluster of Directorate General of Customs and Excise officials will be charged in separate files.
According to the prosecutors, the bribe was given to facilitate Blueray Cargo’s imported goods to be released from Customs surveillance more quickly.