KPK Prosecutor: Director General of Customs Receives Six Envelopes from Blueray Boss

The Public Prosecutor from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has disclosed that the Director General of Customs and Excise, Djaka Budhi Utama, received a total of six envelopes allegedly containing money from Blueray Cargo boss John Field. KPK Prosecutor M. Takdir said one envelope coded ‘1’, delivered by Field, contained S$213,600. He noted that a total six money handovers occurred from August 2025 to January 2026. ‘What we presented in the table is for a single receipt; it’s for one month, not six months,’ he told reporters after the hearing on Wednesday 20 May. He noted that the bribe amounts varied each month. ‘We emphasise that in each month the records show six envelopes, but the table varies; the compilation used for sampling demonstrates that the initials correspond to the nominal value for one month only,’ he said. ‘Therefore, in our indictment the value multiplied by six months would reach Rp61 billion,’ Takdir added. Previously, Dirjen Djaka Budhi Utama was said to have received bribes of S$213,600 in one month in the case concerning bribes and facilitation from Blueray Cargo boss John Field. This was stated by the Prosecutor during the examination of Orlando Hamonangan, Head of Intelligence for Customs, at the Enforcement and Investigation Directorate of the Directorate General of Customs at PN Tipikor, on Wednesday 20 May. Orlando initially said in August 2025, John Field and a woman named Sri Pangastuti or Tuti came to him at the office carrying several envelopes labelled with codes 1 to 3. He claimed he did not know who the recipient of envelope code 1 was. He claimed to know that code 2 referred to the Director of Enforcement and Investigation, Rizal, and code 3 referred to the Sub-Director of Intelligence of the Enforcement and Investigation Directorate, Sisprian Subiaksono. ‘Number one I do not know, Sir; number two I know, number three I know,’ Orlando said. After that, the prosecutors displayed sampling data of the envelopes received by each Customs official. In the displayed table there were codes 1 DIR, 2 BR, 3 SIS, 4 HEN, 4 BY and 4 OC. ‘Members, we present these photos linking them to the codes understood by Mr. Ocoy about who gets the envelope allocations,’ said the prosecutor. The prosecutors confirmed that codes ‘2’ and ‘3’ correspond to Rizal and Sisprian, respectively. Meanwhile, envelope code ‘1’ belonged to Djaka Budi Utama as Director General of Customs. The prosecutors also noted that in the August disbursement, the total money received by Djaka reached S$200,000. ‘Your Honour, we reiterate that the sales 2-1 refers to the Director General of Customs, amounting to S$213,600,’ the prosecutor said. ‘We emphasise this as we have the evidence.’ Separately, the Head of Public Relations and Community Outreach for Customs, Budi Prasetiyo, said they respect the legal process and the pursuit of evidence as the case proceeds, upholding the presumption of innocence. ‘We respect the legal process and the evidentiary process ongoing in court, while upholding the presumption of innocence,’ he said. Because the matter has entered the trial stage, he added, the agency would not comment on the substance of the case to protect the independence of the process. Editor’s note: The headline of the news has been revised after receiving clarification from sources.