KPK Receives Information on Alleged Extortion at Immigration Offices in Several Regions
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has stated that it has received information regarding alleged extortion within immigration offices in several regions.
KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo stated that the anti-corruption agency obtained this information from various sources, including the general public. “We have also received a number of reports from various sources, including the community, which subsequently reported alleged corruption practices occurring in other regions,” Budi told reporters on Thursday, 18 June 2026.
Budi explained that this information will serve to enrich the KPK investigators’ efforts to further uncover or expand the case involving alleged extortion in the processing of stay permits for foreign nationals within the Directorate General of Immigration. “This remains a possibility because caught-in-the-act operations (OTT) often serve as an entry point for the KPK to target broader networks,” he said.
He subsequently urged the public and foreign nationals who have been victims of extortion not to hesitate in providing information to the KPK. “Information from the community, especially from parties who are victims in this instance, is certainly much needed by investigators to conduct further enrichment, including identifying where these practices occur and what the modes of operation are,” Budi expressed.
Previously, on 2-3 June 2026, the KPK conducted a sting operation (OTT) related to alleged corruption in the processing of stay permits for foreign nationals. This operation marked the 11th sting operation conducted by the KPK throughout 2026.
In that operation, the KPK arrested 17 individuals, consisting of eight state officials or civil servants (ASN) and nine private parties suspected of acting as intermediaries in the processing of immigration documents.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Minister of Immigration and Correctional Services, Silmy Karim, visited the KPK on 3 June 2026 to surrender himself.
On 4 June 2026, the KPK named eight individuals as suspects in the case of alleged extortion in the processing of foreign national stay permits during the 2022-2026 period within the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, which subsequently transitioned to the Ministry of Immigration and Correctional Services.
The suspects allegedly gained profits amounting to Rp145.5 billion from these practices.
The eight suspects include Silmy Karim, who served as the Director General of Immigration for the 2023-2024 period; Acting Director General of Immigration for the 2024-2025 period, Saffar Muhammad Godam; Head of the West Java Regional Office of the Directorate General of Immigration, Jaya Saputra, who previously served as Director of Stay Permits and Immigration Status for the 2024-2025 period; and Head of the Class I Special Non-TPI Immigration Office of West Jakarta, Ronald Arman Abdullah.