KPK Suspects Hierarchical Corruption at Customs Authority Linked to Employee Budiman Bayu
The Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that corrupt practices within the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) of the Ministry of Finance are being conducted on a hierarchical basis.
“This is indeed hierarchical in nature,” said KPK Deputy for Prosecution and Execution Asep Guntur Rahayu at the KPK Red and White Building in Jakarta on Friday, 27 February. “Earlier it went from BBP to colleague SA, and to several other individuals.”
BBP refers to one of the suspects in the alleged bribery and gratification case concerning the importation of counterfeit goods at the DJBC Ministry of Finance, specifically Budiman Bayu Prasojo, Head of the Customs Intelligence Section at the Directorate of Enforcement and Investigation. SA is an employee at the Directorate of Enforcement and Investigation at the Customs Directorate General of the Ministry of Finance and has not yet been designated as a suspect in the case.
Asep further stated that because the alleged corruption at Customs is being conducted hierarchically, the KPK has decided to investigate whether there were orders from officials above Budiman Bayu, particularly regarding the transfer of funds from the safe house.
“We are currently investigating whether the orders came from someone even higher up,” he said.
Previously, on 4 February 2026, the KPK conducted a sting operation within the DJBC of the Ministry of Finance. On the same date, the KPK revealed that one of those arrested in the operation was the Head of the Western Sumatran Regional Office of DJBC, Rizal.
On 5 February 2026, the KPK announced that six of the 17 people arrested were designated as suspects in the alleged bribery and gratification case related to counterfeit goods imports within the DJBC. They are Rizal (RZL), Director of Enforcement and Investigation at DJBC from 2024 to January 2026; Sisprian Subiaksono (SIS), Head of the Enforcement and Investigation Intelligence Subdirectorate at DJBC; and Orlando Hamonangan (ORL), Head of the Intelligence Section at DJBC.
Also included are John Field (JF), owner of Blueray Cargo; Andri (AND), Head of the Blueray Cargo Import Documentation Team; and Dedy Kurniawan (DK), Operational Manager at Blueray Cargo.
On Thursday, 26 February, the KPK announced Budiman Bayu Prasojo (BBP) as a new suspect in the case after examining witness statements, particularly regarding a search of a safe house in the Ciputat area of Tangerang Selatan, Banten, on 13 February 2026, which seized approximately Rp5 billion in cash in five suitcases.