KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo Reported to Supervisory Board

President Director of PT Sinkos Multimedia Mandiri, Faizal Assegaf, has reported the spokesperson of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Budi Prasetyo, to the KPK Supervisory Board (Dewas). “Our report is specifically targeted at Budi Prasetyo personally, as we suspect he used KPK facilities to shape opinions that do not align with the facts,” Faizal stated at the KPK Anti-Corruption Education Centre building in Jakarta on Wednesday. Faizal suspects that Budi made inaccurate statements regarding the examination conducted on him by the KPK in the investigation of an alleged corruption case within the Directorate General of Customs and Excise of the Ministry of Finance. “This includes the latest claims of slander and major lies that the KPK has seized goods from us,” he said. Therefore, he reported Budi to the KPK Dewas and hopes that the anti-corruption body’s supervisory board can respond to the report. “We hope that the Dewas, formed with public participation to ensure transparency in law enforcement, particularly for the KPK, will promptly respond to our report,” he added. Previously, on 4 February 2026, the KPK conducted a sting operation (OTT) within the Directorate General of Customs and Excise of the Ministry of Finance. On the same date, the KPK revealed that one of the individuals arrested in the OTT was Rizal, the Head of the West Sumatra Regional Customs Office. On 5 February 2026, the KPK announced that six out of 17 people arrested were designated as suspects in the alleged bribery and gratification case related to the importation of counterfeit goods within Customs and Excise. They are Rizal (RZL), who served as Director of Enforcement and Investigation of Customs and Excise from 2024 to January 2026; Sisprian Subiaksono (SIS), Head of the Sub-Directorate of Enforcement and Investigation Intelligence of Customs and Excise; and Orlando Hamonangan (ORL), Head of the Customs Intelligence Section. Additionally, John Field (JF), owner of Blueray Cargo; Andri (AND), Chairman of the Import Documentation Team of Blueray Cargo; and Dedy Kurniawan (DK), Operational Manager of Blueray Cargo. On 26 February 2026, the KPK announced Budiman Bayu Prasojo (BBP), Head of the Excise Intelligence Section of the Directorate of Enforcement and Investigation of Customs and Excise, as a new suspect in the case. On 27 February 2026, the KPK announced that it was delving deeper into allegations of corruption in excise management. This deepening investigation was particularly prompted by the seizure of Rp5.19 billion in five suitcases from a safe house in Ciputat, South Tangerang, Banten, which is suspected to originate from customs and excise activities.