KPK Suspects Djarum Excise Case Dates Back to 2010
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that alleged corruption involving PT Djarum’s excise payments dates back to 2010.
“Yes, that’s right,” KPK Acting Director of Investigations Achmad Taufik Husein told journalists in Jakarta on Monday.
Separately, KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo said the anti-graft agency suspects arrangements were made to ensure PT Djarum did not pay the excise duty at the stipulated rate.
“For example, a certain amount should have been paid, but arrangements were then made so that the payment was less than it should have been. These practices are suspected to have been going on for several years,” Budi said at the KPK’s Merah Putih building in Jakarta on Monday.
Budi said that during searches, KPK investigators targeted documents from particular years.
“During the searches yesterday, investigators also targeted and traced documents corresponding to the tempus [the time when the alleged offence took place],” he said.
He added that the KPK was still investigating whether PT Djarum had paid money to officials at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise at the Finance Ministry.
“This is still being investigated. That is why investigators also searched the Customs and Excise offices in Kudus, Semarang and Central Java yesterday,” he said.
The case began with a KPK sting operation at the Customs and Excise Directorate General in February 2026, after which several people were named as suspects.
On 21 July 2026, the KPK announced that it was expanding the investigation by issuing two investigation warrants.
By September 2026, several people had been named as suspects in the case: Rizal, head of the Customs and Excise Regional Office for Western Sumatra; Sisprian Subiaksono, head of the Customs Intelligence Subdirectorate; Orlando Hamonangan, head of Enforcement Section II at Customs and Excise; Blueray Cargo owner John Field; Blueray Cargo Operations Manager Dedy Kurniawan; Blueray Cargo Import Documentation Team head Andri; Budiman Bayu Prasojo, head of the Customs Intelligence Section; Gatot Heroe Hernanda, head of the Kediri Customs and Excise Office; and senior functional Customs and Excise official Ahmad Dedi.
On 28 October 2026, the KPK announced a further expansion of the case through the issuance of a general investigation warrant. It subsequently searched the Kudus Customs and Excise Office and PT Djarum’s office in Kudus, Central Java.
The following day, the KPK continued its searches at six companies affiliated with PT Djarum in Kudus.
On 30 October 2026, the KPK searched the Semarang Customs and Excise Office and the Central Java and Yogyakarta Special Region Customs and Excise Regional Office, both in Semarang.
The searches were conducted to find evidence of state losses in the excise sector, which are estimated to reach trillions of rupiah.
The KPK is also investigating allegations that PT Djarum representatives paid money to Customs and Excise officials.