KPK Arrests New Suspect in Customs Bribery Case Over Evidence Destruction Concerns
The KPK has revealed the reasoning behind the arrest of Budiman Bayu Prasojo (BBP), Head of the Intelligence Section for Enforcement and Investigation (P2) at the Directorate General of Customs (DJBC). The arrest was conducted because the KPK feared that Budiman would destroy evidence in the customs bribery case.
“We were concerned that he would destroy additional evidence. Beyond that, there was also concern about him disappearing. That’s why, based on those subjective grounds, we proceeded promptly with the arrest,” said Asep Guntur Rahayu, Deputy for Prosecution and Execution at the KPK, at the commission’s headquarters in Kuningan, South Jakarta on Friday (27 February 2026).
Asep cited allegations of attempts to destroy evidence by moving money obtained through corruption to a safe house. The instruction to move the money was issued by Budiman himself.
“What is clear is that there were attempts to destroy evidence by moving it. If this were not valuable—meaning not money—it might have already been destroyed, perhaps in the form of documents,” he explained.
Budiman had previously been caught during a raid operation when the case initially came to light. However, according to Asep, Budiman had not been designated as a suspect at that time because there was insufficient evidence.
“At that time we only had 24 hours. Related to the caught operation. So within 24 hours, the sufficiency of evidence to make Budiman a suspect was not yet adequate,” he said.
“After the six others were designated as suspects who had sufficient evidence, the one without sufficient evidence was released. But that doesn’t mean he was let go entirely. We continued to deepen the investigation based on existing statements,” he added.
Budiman was arrested by the KPK on Thursday (26 February) at approximately 16:00 WIB. He was apprehended at the Customs headquarters in Jakarta.
Budiman’s role relates to Rp 5 billion discovered by the KPK at a safe house in Ciputat, South Tangerang. The KPK alleges that Budiman instructed Salida Asmoaji (SA), an employee at the Enforcement and Investigation Directorate (P2) of Customs, to manage money from manufacturers whose products were subject to excise tax and from importers.
The money was initially stored at a safe house located in Central Jakarta under Budiman’s direction. The funds were used as operational capital.
“The money is allegedly derived from suspected corruption involving the arrangement of import routes for goods or customs matters and tariff administration,” Asep stated on Friday (27 February).
In early February 2026, Budiman allegedly instructed Salida to “clean” the safe house in Central Jakarta. In response to this instruction, Salida moved the money to another safe house in an apartment complex in the Ciputat area, South Tangerang.
“In early February 2026, BBP instructed SA to ‘clean’ the safe house located in Central Jakarta. SA then moved the money to another safe house located in one of the apartment complexes in the Ciputat area, South Tangerang,” he stated.
For his actions, Budiman is charged with violating Article 12B of the Law on Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 20 paragraph c of Law No. 1 of 2023 concerning the Indonesian Criminal Code. Budiman was arrested at approximately 16:00 WIB on Thursday (26 February).
Prior to Budiman, the KPK had already designated six individuals as suspects:
Rizal (RZL), Director of Enforcement and Investigation at the Directorate General of Customs (P2 DJBC) from 2024 to January 2026;
Sisprian Subiaksono (SIS), Head of Sub-directorate of Intelligence for Enforcement and Investigation at the Directorate General of Customs (Kasubdit Intel P2 DJBC);
Orlando (ORL), Head of Intelligence Section at the Directorate General of Customs (Kasi Intel DJBC);
Jhon Field (JF), Owner of PT Blueray;
Andri (AND), Head of Import Documentation Team at PT Blueray.