KPK Searches Central Java Customs Office in Import Bribery Case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) searched the Customs and Excise Supervision and Service Office (KPPBC TMC) in Kudus, Central Java, on Wednesday (28 October 2026).

“There is indeed an operation in the field,” KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo told reporters.

Budi said the search was part of investigators’ continuing work in the import bribery case. He said it was still under way.

“(The search is) part of the investigation’s development,” Budi said. “The search is still ongoing. We will provide an update later,” he added.

The KPK is handling the alleged bribery case involving imports at the Customs and Excise office. Eight people in total have been charged or named as suspects.

As the legal proceedings have progressed, three people from Blueray Cargo have been sentenced by judges:

1. John Field: three years in prison and a fine of Rp300 million, with 100 days’ imprisonment in lieu of payment.

2. Deddy Kurniawan Sukolo: two and a half years in prison and a fine of Rp200 million, with 80 days’ imprisonment in lieu of payment.

3. Andri: two and a half years in prison and a fine of Rp200 million, with 80 days’ imprisonment in lieu of payment.

Three Customs and Excise officials are on trial in the case and have been sentenced to terms sought by prosecutors ranging from 7.5 to 11.5 years:

1. Rizal: 11.5 years in prison, a Rp1 billion fine, with 190 days’ imprisonment in lieu of payment, and restitution of Rp15.7 billion, with four years’ imprisonment in lieu of payment.

2. Sisprian Subiaksono: 10 years in prison, a Rp1 billion fine, with 190 days’ imprisonment in lieu of payment, and restitution of Rp7.4 billion, SGD150,000 and USD10,000, with three years’ imprisonment in lieu of payment.

3. Orlando Hamonangan: 7.5 years in prison, a Rp1 billion fine, with 190 days’ imprisonment in lieu of payment, and restitution of Rp5,566,221,515 (Rp5.5 billion), with one year’s imprisonment in lieu of payment.

Another defendant, Budiman Bayu Prasojo, head of the Customs Intelligence Section at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise’s P2 unit, is still in hearings for witness examination. Meanwhile, the case involving Gatot Heroe, head of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise’s Kediri regional supervision and service office, is still being handled by the KPK.