KPK reveals role of Budiman Bayu in directing receipt and transfer of funds
Jakarta — The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has revealed the role of Budiman Bayu Prasojo (BBP), Head of Customs Intelligence Section at the Enforcement and Investigation Directorate of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise at the Ministry of Finance, in an alleged bribery and gratification case concerning the importation of counterfeit goods within the Directorate General of Customs and Excise.
KPK Enforcement and Execution Deputy Asep Guntur Rahayu explained that Budiman Bayu directed a customs official with initials SA at the Enforcement and Investigation Directorate to receive and manage funds and subsequently transfer them from a safe house.
“Since November 2024, SA, an officer at the Enforcement and Investigation Directorate, is alleged to have received and managed funds from businessmen whose products are subject to excise duties, whether produced domestically or imported goods, under the orders of BBP,” Asep stated at KPK’s Red and White Building in Jakarta on Friday.
The funds were subsequently stored in an apartment located in Central Jakarta, which was used as a safe house. The apartment had been rented by SA since mid-2024 on the direct orders of Budiman Bayu and other suspects, including Sisprian Subiaksono (SIS), Head of the Sub-directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation.
“In early February 2026, BBP ordered SA to clean the safe house located in Central Jakarta. SA then transferred those funds to another safe house located in an apartment in the Ciputat area, Tangerine South, Banten,” he said.
Bayu allegedly issued this order to SA following the KPK’s hand-catch operation on 4 February 2026. “After that incident, BBP then ordered SA to clean the aforementioned safe house in Central Jakarta,” he stated.
The funds seized from the safe house in Ciputat consisted of rupiah and various foreign currencies stored in five suitcases, totalling approximately IDR 5.19 billion when converted to rupiah.
On 4 February 2026, the KPK conducted a hand-catch operation at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise. On the same date, the KPK revealed that one of those arrested in the operation was the Head of the West Sumatra Regional Office of the Customs and Excise Authority, Rizal.
On 5 February 2026, the KPK announced that six of the 17 people arrested were subsequently designated as suspects in the alleged bribery and gratification case related to counterfeit goods imports at the Customs and Excise Authority. They are Rizal (RZL), Director of Enforcement and Investigation at the Customs and Excise Authority from 2024 to January 2026; Sisprian Subiaksono (SIS), Head of the Sub-directorate of Customs Enforcement and Investigation Intelligence; and Orlando Hamonangan (ORL), Head of the Customs Intelligence Section.
The others are Blueray Cargo owner John Field (JF), Blueray Cargo Documentation Team Head Andri (AND), and Blueray Cargo Operational Manager Dedy Kurniawan (DK).
On 26 February 2026, the KPK announced Budiman Bayu Prasojo (BBP) as a new suspect in the case after examining witness statements, particularly regarding the search of a safe house in the Ciputat area, Tangerine South, Banten, on 13 February 2026, which also seized approximately IDR 5 billion in cash stored in five suitcases.