Facts Behind the Raid on Cafe de'CLAN in Cipete

A raid on Cafe de’CLAN in the Cipete area of South Jakarta on Wednesday has drawn significant attention. The search is part of an investigation into three alleged corruption cases and suspected money laundering. ‘Currently, the Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps is carrying out a joint investigation scheme with the Metro Jaya Police’s Special Criminal Investigation Directorate in handling the legal process for corruption and money laundering,’ said the Head of the Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps, Inspector General Totok Suharyanto, in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Following the raid, which began on Wednesday afternoon, several key facts have emerged. A large safe was discovered hidden behind a wardrobe on the second floor of the café. Inside the safe, investigators found stacks of foreign currency cash and a number of documents. The Head of Public Relations for the Metro Jaya Police, Senior Commissioner Budi Hermanto, stated that the money found consisted of US dollars and Singapore dollars.

Police disclosed the breakdown of the money found during the café raid: 3,130,000 Singapore dollars, 889,965 US dollars, and Rp 259,159,000. ‘When we convert it into rupiah, it is approximately almost Rp 60 billion at the de’CLAN location,’ Totok said. Meanwhile, from Point Money Changer, police seized money worth Rp 7.2 billion in 16 types of foreign currency, along with 71 documents.

Following the raid, the police sealed the second floor of the building, which had been functioning as an office area. Meanwhile, café operations on the ground floor are still permitted to proceed as usual. Senior Commissioner Budi Hermanto explained that this action is part of the investigation process to secure a location suspected of being linked to the case being handled. ‘We are returning operations to the management for the ground floor. However, the second floor, which is an office, is under status quo as part of the investigation process into the alleged corruption,’ Budi said.