Dedi Congor Already a Graft Suspect Since 2023, Police Reveal

Ahmad Dedi, also known as Dedi Congor, was not only implicated in the import corruption case at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise but has also been entangled in a separate gratification case investigated by the police since 2023. Dedi Congor’s name rose to prominence after he was allegedly involved in the import corruption case handled by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). He is suspected of receiving Rp 30 billion from John Field, the boss of import company PT BlueRay Cargo. Dedi also went viral for fleeing when approached by journalists.

This was revealed during the verdict hearing for three defendants in the import corruption case for the private sector giver cluster at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Friday (10/7/2026). The three defendants are John Field, head of Blueray Cargo; Deddy Kurniawan Sukolo, Blueray Cargo’s Operational Manager; and Andri, head of Blueray Cargo’s document team.

During the verdict reading, panel judge Nofalinda Arianti stated that Dedi received the money in stages. The judge noted that John Field gave Rp 5 billion to Dedi between July and December 2025. The payments stopped because John Field could no longer afford to give money. The judge said the payments to Dedi were also intended to resolve issues with Blueray Cargo’s goods that were flagged for red channel customs inspection.

“Considering that based on the entire description above, in resolving the many problems of Blueray’s customer goods entering the red channel at Tanjung Priok Port, Blueray spent money not only for Customs and Excise officials and employees but also for an individual from the State Intelligence Agency,” the judge stated. The judge noted that the money given to Dedi had no effect on Blueray Cargo, and that the company’s goods entering the red channel actually increased.

“Defendant I gave money to Ahmad Dedi from July 2025 to December 2025, totalling Rp 30 billion, but the payment to Ahmad Dedi had absolutely no effect on the problem of increasing red channel entries for Blueray Cargo’s imported goods; in fact, the red channel entries increased,” the judge said.

Separately, the Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipikor) had already named Ahmad Dedi alias Dedi Congor as a suspect in 2023 for alleged gratification. Kortas Tipikor’s Head of Operations, Commissioner Ahmad Yusuf Afandi, confirmed the suspect status on Tuesday (11/8). He explained that the investigation relates to alleged gratification received while Dedi Congor served as Head of the Enforcement Section at the Directorate of Enforcement and Investigation of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise from 2008 to 2016. The police began investigating this gratification case in 2017. “Currently, investigators are fulfilling the P19 requirements from the public prosecutor,” Yusuf stated.

Meanwhile, the KPK has confirmed that its own import corruption case involving Dedi Congor will proceed because the subject of the investigation is different. “We ensure that our current investigation warrant, which is a general warrant without a named suspect yet, can still proceed because the object is different from the one handled by the other law enforcement agency,” said KPK’s Acting Director of Investigation, Achmad Taufik Husein. Taufik confirmed that the KPK’s case is distinct from the one being pursued by the Police’s Kortas Tipikor. The KPK has issued two new investigation warrants for this matter. “This is truly a new case, different from what other law enforcement agencies have done. We have not yet named a suspect, but we will definitely name one because this is already an investigation warrant,” Taufik added, explaining that under the new Criminal Procedure Code regime, a suspect is named after sufficient evidence is found during the investigation.