Figure of Heri Black Whose Home Was Raided by KPK in Customs Case
The KPK raided several locations in Semarang, Central Java, related to a corruption case involving imports at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise of the Ministry of Finance. One of the sites searched was the home of a businessman named Heri Sutiyono, alias Heri ‘Black’.
KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo explained that Heri Black is a businessman in the Semarang area. His company frequently assists with the import process of goods.
“The individual in question is a private sector party whose business classification or activities are related to handling the import of goods,” Budi clarified to reporters at the KPK’s Merah Putih building in South Jakarta on Wednesday (13/5/2026).
During the search at Heri Black’s home, investigators seized various items, including documents and electronic evidence.
Regarding the electronic evidence, Budi stated that investigators found indications of attempts to influence the case currently being handled by the KPK at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise. However, Budi did not provide detailed explanations about the parties claiming to be able to influence the Customs case.
“That is still part of the investigation material, how the influencing was done, because it is contained in the BBE (Electronic Evidence),” Budi explained.
He also stated that the KPK would soon summon Heri ‘Black’ again, as he had previously evaded, to confirm the findings from the raid, as well as other matters related to the Customs case.
“We will extract it more completely, both the electronic evidence and documents in the form of notes, including documents related to the import of those goods,” Budi elaborated.
“Then, we will analyse everything, delve deeper, and require confirmation and statements from the parties to explain the position of that evidence,” he added.
Previously, Budi said the raid on Heri ’Black’s home took place on Monday (11/5). At Heri Black’s house, KPK investigators seized documents and electronic evidence.
“In that search, investigators secured several notes and electronic evidence,” Budi told reporters on Wednesday (13/5).
Budi explained that from the seized evidence, investigators obtained information about efforts to obstruct the investigation process of this case. Those efforts involved influencing from external parties.
The day after, investigators continued with another search at Tanjung Mas Port in Semarang.
There, investigators dismantled a container suspected to contain imported goods from a party affiliated with PT Blueray Cargo. The container was immediately seized.
“The container is 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 goods that fall under the category of prohibited or restricted imports, namely vehicle spare parts,” he added.
Regarding this import corruption case at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, the KPK initially named six individuals as suspects following a sting operation at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) in a bribery case related to imports. The KPK seized evidence in this bribery case with a total value of Rp 40.5 billion.
The evidence seized by the KPK included 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 documents team.
The three leaders of PT Blueray Cargo were charged with providing money amounting to Rp 61.3 billion in Singapore dollars and providing various facilities and luxury goods worth Rp 1.8 billion. The KPK prosecutors assessed that the actions of the defendants violated Article 605 paragraph 1 letter a and Article 606 paragraph 1 of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code.