KPK Summons 3 Cigarette Entrepreneurs in Customs Duty Bribery Case
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has summoned several witnesses in connection with the alleged bribery case for importing goods at the Directorate General (Ditjen) of Customs and Excise under the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu). Today, several cigarette entrepreneurs were called by the KPK to provide statements.
“Among the witnesses summoned today are cigarette entrepreneurs. Their statements are needed by investigators to explain matters related to excise duties,” explained KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters when asked for confirmation on Tuesday (31/3/2026).
Budi explained that a total of five witnesses were summoned by investigators today. Budi mentioned that three of them are cigarette entrepreneurs, namely Liem Eng Hwie (LEH), Rokhmawan (ROK), and Benny Tan (BT).
“The examination is being conducted at the KPK’s Merah Putih Building for the following individuals: LEH, self-employed; ROK, self-employed; BT, self-employed,” Budi clarified.
Meanwhile, the other two witnesses are also from the private sector. Here is the list:
Sri Pangestuti alias Tuti (SP), self-employed
Eka Wahyu Widiyastuti alias Wiwit (EWW), self-employed
Budi previously explained that in investigating the bribery case for importing goods at Ditjen Bea Cukai, the KPK will pursue two cigarette producers. These two cigarette producers are located in East Java and Central Java and are suspected of giving bribes.
“Currently, they include those from Central Java and also East Java. We will ask witnesses for statements on which cigarette companies provided the money. We will map these companies and who carried out the payments to the rogue elements at Bea Cukai,” said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters at the Merah Putih Building, Jakarta, on Monday (2/3).
Although this case originated from findings at the central level, the KPK does not rule out the possibility of developing the case to the regional level. Given that Bea Cukai has representative offices at the provincial level, investigators will examine whether there is any role from the Regional Offices (Kanwil) in facilitating the bribery practices before reaching the central level.
“There is an open possibility to deepen the investigation into the regional offices of Ditjen Bea Cukai. We will check their authority, such as what the excise process or mechanism is—whether it starts from the regional level and then to the centre or how,” he added.
In its developments, the KPK is also continuing to conduct searches at several locations in this case. Most recently, one of the locations searched is suspected to be a ‘safe house’.
In that search, the KPK confirmed that money was seized amounting to tens of millions of USD from the search of that ‘safe house’. However, the KPK has not detailed the exact location of the ‘safe house’ that was searched.
Regarding this case, KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Asep Guntur Rahayu revealed that there was an agreement between the Head of the Customs and Excise Intelligence Section, Orlando Hamonangan, and the Deputy Head of the Customs and Excise Intelligence Subdirectorate Sisprian Subiaksono with the owner of PT Blueray John Field, the Head of the Import Documents Team at PT Blueray Andri, and the Operations Manager of PT Blueray Dedy Kurniawan in October 2025. They are suspected of agreeing to arrange the import route for goods into Indonesia.
The KPK stated that the Minister of Finance Regulation regulates two types of channels in the supervision service for imported goods. There is a green channel, which is the channel for releasing goods without physical checks, and a red channel, which is the channel for releasing goods with physical checks.
“Subsequently, FLR (a Filar Customs and Excise employee) received instructions from ORL (Orlando) to adjust the red channel parameters and follow it up by compiling a rule set at 70 percent,” said Asep as quoted on Friday (6/2).
Currently, there are a total of seven suspects in the bribery case for importing goods at Bea Cukai. Here are their identities:
Rizal (RZL) as Director of Enforcement and Investigation of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (P2 DJBC) from 2024 to January 2026;
Sisprian Subiaksono (SIS) as Head of the Subdirectorate of Intelligence Enforcement and Investigation of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Kasubdit Intel P2 DJBC);
Orlando (ORL) as Head of the Intelligence Section of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Kasi Intel DJBC);
Jhon Field (JF) as Owner of PT Blueray;
Andri (AND) as Head of the Import Documents Team at PT Blueray;
Dedy Kurniawan (DK) as Operations Manager of PT Blueray;
Budiman Bayu Prasojo (BBP) as Head of the Excise Intelligence Section P2 DJBC Customs and Excise.