KPK Finds SGD 8,500 in South Jakarta Immigration Chief's Office

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) found S$8,500 in the room of Winarko, Head of the Class I Special Non-TPI Immigration Office for South Jakarta.

“The Head of the South Jakarta Immigration Office,” said Acting Director of Investigation at the KPK, Achmad Taufik Husein, to journalists in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Taufik made the statement after KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo had merely said that the anti-corruption body seized S$8,500 from the South Jakarta Immigration Office during a search on 4 August 2026.

Previously, the KPK conducted a sting operation related to alleged corruption in the processing of stay permits for foreign nationals on 2-3 June 2026. The operation was the 11th sting operation carried out by the KPK in 2026.

On 4 June 2026, the KPK named eight suspects in a case of alleged extortion in the processing of foreign nationals’ stay permits during the 2022-2026 period within the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, which later became the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections.

The other suspects are Jaya Saputra, Head of the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Immigration for West Java; Ronald Arman Abdullah, Head of the Class I Special Non-TPI Immigration Office for West Jakarta; Tessar Bayu Setyaji and Bagus Bramantyo, Heads of Sub-Directorates at the Stay Permit and Immigration Status Directorate; Juniadi Sri Priambudi, Head of the Limited Stay Permit Status Transfer Team; and Gusti Benardiansyah, a staff member of the Stay Permit Sub-Directorate.

The KPK suspects the suspects obtained approximately Rp145.5 billion in profits from the practice during the 2022-2026 period.