IAW urges KPK-Polri to probe link between two Dedi Congor cases

Indonesian Audit Watch (IAW) has asked the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the National Police to investigate the possible connection between evidence in two separate cases involving former customs official Ahmad Dedi, also known as Dedi Congor.

IAW founding secretary Iskandar Sitorus said in a statement in Jakarta on Friday that the investigation is needed to determine whether there is interrelated evidence between the case handled by the police and the corruption investigation into goods importation being developed by the KPK.

“The KPK and the National Police’s Corruption Eradication Directorate are expected not to view the cases involving him separately without examining the possibility of evidentiary links between the two,” he said.

Iskandar said that the similarity of names of parties involved does not automatically mean the two cases are connected.

According to him, investigators need to examine whether there are events, fund flows, accounts, intermediaries, assets, or other evidence linking the two cases.

IAW also asked investigators to look deeper into a figure named Alexander who was mentioned in connection with the Blueray Cargo case.

Iskandar said his organisation has submitted transaction documents to the KPK which he said contain alleged fund flows from parties linked to Blueray Cargo to an account said to be associated with Alexander.

However, IAW did not conclude that the transactions constituted bribery and asked investigators to examine the origin, destination, account holder, and connection to the case.

“If it is true that there was money from the Blueray circle going to Alexander’s account, then investigators simply need to examine who owns the account, when the transaction occurred, how much it was, where the funds came from, and where the money then flowed,” Iskandar said.

The name Alexander previously emerged in the trial of the Blueray Cargo goods importation bribery case.

During the trial, Blueray Cargo executive John Field said that money for Ahmad Dedi was handed over through a staff member named Alex.

The panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption Court, in its ruling on the Blueray Cargo case on 10 July 2026, stated that Ahmad Dedi received Rp30 billion from John Field in stages.

The money was given in amounts of Rp5 billion per month over six months.

Iskandar said the facts from the trial need to be cross-checked against banking transaction data, communications, company bookkeeping, and statements from parties involved in the transaction chain.

“Rp30 billion is not a small figure. If there are indeed banking transactions linked to people in that circle, then it is simply a matter of matching the timing, the amounts, the accounts, and the source of funds. That is a matter of evidence, not speculation,” he said.

Previously, the KPK stated that the investigation into Ahmad Dedi is continuing even though he has also been named a suspect by the National Police in a separate case.

Acting Director of Investigations at the KPK Achmad Taufik Husein said the case handled by the KPK has a different object from the case handled by other law enforcement agencies.

“It can still proceed because the object is different from that of other law enforcement agencies,” Taufik said on Tuesday (11/8).