Businessman Heri 'Black' Raided by KPK After Failing to Appear as Witness

The name of Heri Setiyono, alias Heri Black, has emerged in the investigation into the corruption case of customs import duties being probed by the KPK. This Semarang-based entrepreneur was summoned by the KPK, leading to a search of his home.

The KPK investigative team had summoned Heri several times, but the businessman did not appear. The KPK had issued an ultimatum for Heri Black to be cooperative.

“Last week, the investigators had scheduled a summons for Mr HB, but the individual did not show up,” said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters at the KPK’s Merah Putih building in South Jakarta on Tuesday (12/5/2026).

“Of course, we generally urge every witness summoned to be cooperative, to attend the investigators’ call, and to provide the required information honestly and completely,” he added.

Budi stated that the absence of a witness would certainly be considered by the investigators in handling a case, including measures regarding the summons efforts for Heri Black.

“This will certainly be a consideration for the investigators in the process of handling this case. We will wait for further developments; everything will be reviewed and considered for the next investigation steps, particularly regarding Mr HB,” said Budi.

“Because in principle, every witness statement helps in the investigation process of a case,” he added.

KPK Raids Heri Black’s Home

The KPK then announced that its investigators had searched Heri Black’s home on Monday (11/5). The location searched is in the Semarang area.

“In that search, the investigators secured several notes and electronic evidence items,” Budi told reporters on Wednesday (13/5/2026).

Budi explained that from the seized evidence, the investigators obtained information about efforts to hinder the investigation process of this case. Those efforts involved conditioning from external parties.

“There is information obtained in the form of conditioning efforts from external parties in the handling of the customs and excise-related case at the KPK,” Budi revealed.

“This can be viewed or fall into the category of efforts to obstruct the investigation, either directly or indirectly. Therefore, the investigators will certainly consider whether those actions constitute elements of obstructing the investigation or not,” he continued.

Search at Tanjung Emas Port

In addition to searching Heri Black’s home, KPK investigators also conducted a search at Tanjung Emas Port in Semarang. There, the investigators dismantled one container suspected to contain imported goods from parties affiliated with PT Blueray Cargo. The container was immediately seized.

“The container suspected to belong to an importer affiliated with Blueray. The container is still at Tanjung Emas Port, where the owner has not submitted an Import Goods Notification to Customs for more than 30 days,” Budi explained.

“The container was then opened and contained items that fall under the criteria of prohibited or restricted imports, namely vehicle spare parts,” he added.

He explained that the investigators will later clarify the items successfully seized from the search results. Clarification will be conducted with Blueray parties and related parties, including the importing company, forwarder, and the Directorate General of Customs and Excise.

Regarding this corruption case of imports at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, the KPK initially named six people as suspects after conducting an arrest operation at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) in a bribery import case. The KPK seized evidence in this bribery case with a total value of Rp 40.5 billion.

The evidence seized by the KPK includes cash in rupiah amounting to Rp 1.89 billion, cash in USD amounting to 182,900, cash in SGD amounting to 1.48 million, cash in JPY amounting to 55,000, precious metals weighing 2.5 kg equivalent to Rp 7.4 billion, precious metals weighing 2.8 kg equivalent to Rp 8.3 billion, and one luxury watch valued at Rp 138 million.

Three private sector parties in this case have already undergone trials. Those three are John Field as the leader of Blueray Cargo, Deddy Kurniawan Sukolo as the Operational Manager of Blueray Cargo, and Andri as the head of the Blueray Cargo document team.

The three leaders of PT Blueray Cargo are charged with giving money of Rp 61.3 billion in Singapore dollars and providing facilities as well as luxury goods worth Rp 1.8 billion. The KPK prosecutors consider the actions of the defendants to violate Article 605 paragraph 1 letter a and Article 606 paragraph 1 of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code.