KPK Announces New Suspect in Expanding Customs and Excise Corruption Case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has announced the naming of a suspect in the developing corruption case within the Directorate General of Customs and Excise at the Ministry of Finance. Achmad Taufik Husein, the Acting Director of Investigations at the KPK, explained that the suspect was named concurrently with the issuance of a new investigation warrant related to the alleged corruption within the customs and excise environment. “We have named one suspect because it is still related to the construction of the case involving the Customs and Excise official. So, we named them immediately,” Taufik stated at the KPK’s Merah Putih Building in Jakarta on Tuesday (21/7). He added that the KPK had also issued a general investigation warrant for the development of the case, meaning no suspects have yet been named under that specific warrant. Taufik assured, however, that the KPK will name suspects once sufficient preliminary evidence is met. “So, there are two investigation warrants that have been issued, both stemming from the hand arrest operation in the Customs and Excise case,” he emphasised. The case originated from a sting operation within the Directorate General of Customs and Excise on 4 February 2026. A day later, the KPK named six suspects in a bribery and gratification case related to the import of counterfeit goods. Those named included Rizal, the Director of Enforcement and Investigation for the period 2024–January 2026 who was serving as Head of the Customs and Excise Regional Office for Western Sumatra; Sisprian Subiaksono, Head of the Sub-Directorate of Intelligence for Enforcement and Investigation; and Orlando Hamonangan, Head of the Customs and Excise Intelligence Section. The KPK also named Blueray Cargo owner John Field, Blueray Cargo Import Documentation Team Leader Andri, and Blueray Cargo Operational Manager Dedy Kurniawan as suspects. On 26 February 2026, the KPK named another suspect, Budiman Bayu Prasojo, Head of the Excise Intelligence Section at the Directorate of Enforcement and Investigation. On 6 May 2026, John Field, Andri, and Dedy Kurniawan underwent their first trial as defendants. The name of the Director General of Customs and Excise, Djaka Budi Utama, subsequently emerged in the indictment for the three defendants. On 20 May 2026, KPK Public Prosecutors stated that Djaka Budi Utama allegedly received bribes amounting to 213,600 Singapore dollars. On 12 June 2026, John Field admitted in court to giving money totalling up to Rp21 billion to Djaka Budi. During the same trial, the prosecutor read out the examination report of Andri, which contained information that John Field had assigned him to deliver money to a deputy and a director of the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency, as well as to four officials from the Ministry of Trade. At the verdict hearing for the Bluracy Cargo defendants on 10 July 2026, the panel of judges at the Corruption Court in the Central Jakarta District Court stated that Djaka Budi had received bribe money worth Rp21 billion from John Field.