KPK interrogates President Commissioner of Tempo Scan Group regarding Silmy Karim case
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has interrogated the President Commissioner of Tempo Scan Group, Handojo Selamet Muljadi (HSM), as a witness in an alleged extortion case involving the former Deputy Minister of Immigration and Correctional Services, Silmy Karim.
“The interrogation took place at the KPK Merah Putih Building, Jakarta, in the name of HSM,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to journalists in Jakarta on Tuesday.
According to KPK records, Handojo responded to the anti-corruption agency’s summons, arriving at 10:06 WIB.
The case originated when the KPK conducted a sting operation (OTT) related to alleged corruption in the management of residence permits for foreign nationals (WNA).
During the series of sting operations, Silmy Karim, who was serving as the Deputy Minister of Immigration and Correctional Services at the time, surrendered himself to the KPK.
On 4 June 2026, the KPK named eight individuals as suspects in the alleged extortion case regarding the processing of foreign national residence permits for the 2022–2026 period within the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, which later became the Ministry of Immigration and Correctional Services.
In addition to Silmy Karim, who served as the Director General of Immigration for the 2023–2024 period, the KPK has named the Acting Director General of Immigration for the 2024–20 Imigration, Saffar Muhammad Godam, as a suspect.
The six other suspects include the Head of the West Java Regional Office of the Directorate General of Immigration, Jaya Saputra; the Head of the Class I Special Non-TPI Immigration Office of West Jakarta, Ronald Arman Abdullah; the Head of the Sub-directorate of Residence Permits and Immigration Status, Tessar Bayu Setyaji and Bagus Bramantyo; the Head of the Limited Residence Permit Status Change Team, Juniadi Sri Priambudi; and staff of the Residence Permit Sub-directorate, Gusti Benardiansyah.
The KPK suspects that the suspects obtained approximately Rp145.5 billion from these extortion practices during the 2022–2026 period.