KPK Bars Dedi Congor, Suspect in Customs Case, from Travelling Abroad
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has imposed a travel ban on a newly named suspect in an import case at the Finance Ministry’s Directorate General of Customs and Excise, Ahmad Dedi, also known as Dedi Congor. He is barred from travelling abroad.
“KPK investigators have indeed imposed a travel ban on the person concerned, Ahmad Dedi,” KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo told reporters on Friday (30 October 2026).
He did not say how long the travel ban would remain in force. Dedi has been a suspect since September.
Dedi had previously been named a suspect by the police. The National Police’s Corruption Crime Investigation Corps (Kortas Tipikor) named Ahmad Dedi, alias Dedi Congor, as a suspect in 2023 over alleged receipt of gratification.
Separately, the KPK has expanded its investigation into a cigarette excise case. It searched PT Djarum’s office in Kudus, Central Java, as well as the Kudus Customs and Excise Supervision and Service Office (KPPBC TMC).
“This concerns alleged corruption involving state revenue. In other words, it relates to state financial losses, under Article 2 or Article 3, or Articles 603 and 604 of the Criminal Code, concerning excise,” Budi said on Thursday (29 October).
“The initial estimate [of state losses] is in the trillions [of rupiah],” he added.
The KPK said its expanded investigation into a case at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise involving PT Djarum had caused state losses in the excise sector, amounting to trillions of rupiah. Budi has not disclosed when the alleged handling of PT Djarum’s excise stamps took place or the suspected method of corruption. Searches in Kudus, Central Java, were still under way as part of the investigation into the Directorate General of Customs and Excise case.
Before Dedi, the KPK had named eight suspects in the case. As the legal proceedings progressed, three people from Blueray Cargo were sentenced by judges. Their sentences were:
John Field: three years in prison and a fine of Rp300 million, with 100 days’ imprisonment in lieu of payment.
Deddy Kurniawan Sukolo: two and a half years in prison and a fine of Rp200 million, with 80 days’ imprisonment in lieu of payment.
Andri: two and a half years in prison and a fine of Rp200 million, with 80 days’ imprisonment in lieu of payment.
Three Customs and Excise officials are also standing trial in the case. They face demands for prison terms of between seven and a half and 11 and a half years. They are:
Rizal: 11 and a half years in prison, a fine of Rp1 billion with 190 days’ imprisonment in lieu of payment, and restitution of Rp15.7 billion, with four years’ imprisonment in lieu of payment.
Sisprian Subiaksono: 10 years in prison, a fine of Rp1 billion with 190 days’ imprisonment in lieu of payment, and restitution of Rp7.4 billion, SGD150,000 and US$10,000, with three years’ imprisonment in lieu of payment.
Orlando Hamonangan: seven and a half years in prison, a fine of Rp1 billion with 190 days’ imprisonment in lieu of payment, and restitution of Rp5,566,221,515 (Rp5.5 billion), with one year’s imprisonment in lieu of payment.
Another defendant, Budiman Bayu Prasojo, head of the Excise Intelligence Section at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise’s Enforcement and Investigation unit, is still undergoing witness hearings. Meanwhile, the KPK’s case against Gatot Heroe, head of supervision and services at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise’s Kediri regional office, is ongoing.