KPK Receives Information on Extortion Practices in Immigration Offices Across Multiple Regions
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has acknowledged receiving information regarding alleged extortion within immigration offices in several regions. “We have also obtained a number of pieces of information from various sources, including the public, who reported suspected corrupt practices occurring in other areas,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo at the KPK’s Merah Putih Building in Jakarta on Wednesday night (17/6).
According to Budi, this information will enrich the investigation for KPK investigators to further uncover or develop the case of alleged extortion in the processing of residence permits for foreign nationals within the Directorate General of Immigration. “This certainly opens up possibilities because these caught-in-the-act events always serve as an entry point for the KPK to target a wider scope,” he stated.
He therefore encouraged the public or foreign nationals who have been victims not to hesitate in providing information to the KPK. “Information from the public, especially the parties who are victims in this case, is certainly very much needed by investigators to then carry out enrichment, including seeing where these practices occur and what the modus operandi are,” he said.
Previously, on 2-3 June 2026, the KPK conducted a sting operation related to alleged corruption in the processing of residence permits for foreign nationals. The operation was the 11th sting operation carried out by the KPK throughout 2026. In the operation, the KPK arrested 17 people consisting of eight state officials or civil servants and nine private parties suspected of acting as intermediaries for immigration document processing.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Immigration and Corrections Silmy Karim visited the KPK on 3 June 2026 to surrender himself. On 4 June 2026, the KPK named eight people as suspects in the alleged extortion case involving the processing of foreign nationals’ residence permits during the 2022-2026 period within the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, which later transitioned to the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections. The suspects are alleged to have obtained profits amounting to Rp145.5 billion from the practice.
The eight suspects include Silmy Karim, who served as 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 Residence Permits and Immigration Status for the 2024-2025 period; and Head of the Class I Special Non-TPI Immigration Office for West Jakarta Ronald Arman Abdullah. Other suspects are Head of Subdirectorate at the Directorate of Residence Permits and Immigration Status Tessar Bayu Setyaji and Bagus Bramantyo, Head of the Limited Stay Permit Status Transfer Team Juniadi Sri Priambudi, and Staff of the Residence Permit Subdirectorate Gusti Benardiansyah.