KPK Prosecutors Confident Dedi Congor Received IDR 30 Billion from Customs Bribery Scheme
Prosecutors from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) are confident that former Head of the Marunda Customs and Excise Supervision and Service Office (KPPBC), Ahmad Dedi alias Dedi Congor, received IDR 30 billion. The money was allegedly part of a total of IDR 91 billion given by Blueray Cargo Group executive John Field to several officials within the Directorate General of Customs and Excise. The prosecution accommodated the testimony provided by John Field regarding this matter.
Based on the defendant John Field’s statement, the payments to Ahmad Dedi alias Dedi Congor were recorded in the financial reports for payments to Customs parties under the code ‘Sales 1’, stated KPK Prosecutor Takdir Suhan while reading the criminal charges against John Field and others at the Corruption Court in Central Jakarta on Monday (22/6).
The prosecutor explained that this receipt had been reviewed in the sentencing demand. Regarding Dedi Congor, the prosecutor noted that the analysis shows he also enjoyed a total of IDR 30 billion and had a role in the scheme.
John Field faces a sentence of 3 years in prison and a fine of IDR 300 million, subsidiary to 100 days of confinement, for the alleged bribery of several Directorate General of Customs and Excise officials. Based on the legal facts revealed during the trial, the KPK prosecutors believe John Field has been proven to have committed the criminal act as charged.
In addition to John Field, the prosecutors demanded the panel of judges at the Jakarta Central Corruption Court to hand down a guilty verdict against two other defendants: Dedy Kurniawan Sukolo, the Custom Clearance Operations Manager at Blueray Cargo Group, and Andri, the Head of the Import Document Team at Blueray Cargo Group. The prosecutors demanded a sentence of 2 years and 6 months in prison for each, along with a fine of IDR 200 million, subsidiary to 80 days of confinement.
John Field and his associates were deemed by the prosecutors to have violated Article 605 Paragraph (1) letter a of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code, in conjunction with Article VII Number 48 Article 605 letter a of Law Number 1 of 2026 concerning Criminal Adjustments, in conjunction with Article 20 letter c in conjunction with Article 126 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code, and other relevant laws and regulations. The prosecutors also requested that the period of detention already served by the defendants be fully deducted from the imposed prison sentence and that the defendants remain in custody.
In the indictment, the prosecutors stated that John Field and his two subordinates were accused of bribing several officials at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise with IDR 61 billion and providing entertainment facilities and luxury goods worth IDR 1.8 billion. The recipients included the Director of Enforcement and Investigation, Rizal; the Sub-Director of Intelligence at the Directorate of Enforcement and Investigation, Sisprian Subiaksono; and the Head of Customs Intelligence Section I at the Directorate of Enforcement and Investigation, Orlando Hamonangan. The cluster of Customs and Excise officials will be prosecuted in a separate case file.
Of the total amount, Rizal allegedly received IDR 14 billion, Sisprian IDR 7 billion, and Orlando around IDR 4.05 billion. The remainder was allegedly enjoyed by other parties who have not yet been processed, including the Head of Import Enforcement Section I at the Directorate of Enforcement and Investigation, Enov Puji Wijanarko. The facilities provided to the Customs officials included entertainment worth IDR 1.45 billion, a Tag Heuer watch worth IDR 65 million for Orlando, and a Mazda CX-5 car worth IDR 330 million for Enov Puji Wijanarko. According to the prosecutors, the bribes were given to ensure that Blueray Cargo Group’s imported goods would be cleared more quickly from the customs supervision process.