KPK Seizes Documents and S$8,500 in Raids on Two Immigration Offices

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) seized documents, electronic evidence, and S$8,500 in cash during searches of the Central Jakarta and South Jakarta Immigration Offices on 4 August 2026.

“Investigators secured a number of items of evidence in the form of documents and electronic evidence suspected to be related to the construction of the case being handled. In addition, from the search at the South Jakarta Immigration Office, investigators also secured cash in a foreign currency amounting to S$8,500,” KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo told journalists in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Budi stated that the evidence would be analysed or further investigated in connection with the investigation into the alleged extortion case in the processing of residence permits for foreign nationals, which has implicated former Deputy Minister of Immigration and Corrections for the 2024-2026 period, Silmy Karim.

“To strengthen the evidence, fully unravel the construction of the case, and trace parties suspected of being involved in this criminal act of corruption,” he said.

On 4 June 2026, the KPK named eight suspects in the alleged extortion case related to the processing of foreign nationals’ residence permits 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 KPK also named Acting Director General of Immigration for the 2024–2025 period, Saffar Muhammad Godam, as a suspect.

The KPK suspects that the suspects obtained profits of approximately Rp145.5 billion from the practice during the 2022–2026 period.