KPK Searches South Jakarta Immigration Office in Silmy Karim Extortion Case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has searched the Class I Special Non-TPI Immigration Office in South Jakarta in connection with an investigation into an alleged extortion case involving the processing of residence permits for foreign nationals, which has implicated the former Deputy Minister of Immigration and Corrections for the 2024-2026 period, Silmy Karim. “It was just completed earlier at around 18.00 WIB, or after Maghrib,” said Acting Director of Investigations at the KPK, Achmad Taufik Husein, at the KPK’s Red and White Building in Jakarta on Tuesday (4/8). Taufik declined to disclose the results of the search at this time. “There will be an update on the search results delivered by the spokesperson,” he said. The KPK previously conducted a sting operation related to the alleged corruption in the processing of foreign nationals’ residence permits on 2-3 June 2026. The operation was the 11th sting operation carried out by the KPK throughout 2026. On 4 June 2026, the KPK named eight suspects in the case involving alleged extortion in the processing of residence permits for foreign nationals during the 2022-2026 period within the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, which later became the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections. In addition to Silmy Karim, who served as Director General of Immigration for the 2023-2024 period, the other suspects include Acting Director General of Immigration for the 2024-2025 period Saffar Muhammad Godam. The KPK also named Head of the West Java Regional Office of the Directorate General of Immigration Jaya Saputra, Head of the West Jakarta Class I Special Non-TPI Immigration Office Ronald Arman Abdullah, Sub-Directorate Head of 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 Sub-Directorate of Residence Permits staff member Gusti Benardiansyah as suspects. The suspects are alleged to have obtained profits amounting to Rp145.5 billion from the practice between 2022 and 2026.