Former Bima Police Chief Allegedly Threatened Subordinate: Find an Alphard or Lose Your Position
Jakarta — The alleged scheme of payments from drug dealers to former Bima City police chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Didik Putra Kuncoro is being uncovered piece by piece.
Beyond receiving cash flows totalling Rp2.8 billion, Didik is also said to have imposed an unusual “punishment” on his subordinate, Adjunct Commissioner Malaungi, who served as head of the narcotics investigation unit, ordering him to procure a Toyota Alphard vehicle.
The details were disclosed by Senior Commissioner Zulkarnain Harahap, Head of Sub-directorate III at the Criminal Investigation Agency’s (Bareskrim) Narcotics Crime Directorate. He explained that the money trail began with a drug dealer identified by the initial B, who made regular payments starting in June 2025.
“Starting from June, the unit head [Malaungi] collected money from the dealer known as B. Each month it was around Rp400 million — the unit head received Rp100 million and the police chief received Rp300 million,” he told reporters, as quoted on Saturday, 21 February 2026.
The monthly payments of Rp400 million continued until approximately Rp1.8 billion had accumulated. However, the practice began to attract the attention of local NGOs and journalists, and the situation grew tense.
“The police chief ordered the unit head: ‘You sort this out.’ But when he tried to sort it out, dealer B couldn’t manage it,” Zulkarnain said.
When dealer B could no longer make payments, pressure reportedly came from above. Malaungi was ordered to resolve the matter, with his position on the line if he failed.
“Eventually the police chief told the unit head: ‘You fix this, or I’ll remove you from your post.’ He then tried to find an Alphard. ‘I’m punishing you — go and find an Alphard.’ So from dealer B, around Rp1.8 billion had already been collected,” he said.
To cover the funding shortfall, Malaungi then sought a new source. The name Koh Erwin, identified by the initials KE, emerged.
“So he went looking for new funding — a new dealer called Koh Erwin. Koh Erwin prepared and agreed to provide Rp1 billion, with the remaining shortfall of Rp700 million or so,” Zulkarnain explained.
“So to summarise: Rp1.8 billion came from the old network, dealer B. Then when that attracted attention, the unit head was ‘punished’ by being told to arrange an Alphard, which led him to approach Koh Erwin or KE. The 400 grammes of narcotics were KE’s goods that were in the unit head’s possession,” Zulkarnain said.