KPK Targets Cigarette Companies in East and Central Java in Customs Bribery Investigation
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is continuing its investigation into a bribery case involving the importation of goods at the Directorate General of Customs. The KPK will investigate two cigarette producers in East and Central Java suspected of offering bribes.
“Currently, these include companies from Central Java and East Java. We will seek testimony from witnesses and determine which cigarette companies provided the money and to which Customs officials,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to journalists at the Red and White Building in Jakarta on Monday, 2 March 2026.
Although the case originated from findings at the central level, the KPK does not rule out expanding the investigation to the regional level. Given that Customs has representative offices at the provincial level, investigators will examine whether regional offices (Kanwil) played a role in facilitating the bribery scheme before it reached the central level.
“We are open to conducting deeper investigations into the regional offices of the Customs Directorate General. We will check their authority and whether the customs process or mechanism originated at the regional level and then moved to the central level, or how it worked,” he added.
Budi stated that corruption in the customs sector is a serious concern for the KPK because it directly impacts society. Through customs manipulation, goods that should be restricted in circulation for health reasons, such as cigarettes and alcohol, become uncontrolled.
“This has social consequences for society,” he added.
Budi hopes that the investigation will not only result in the punishment of officials involved, but also serve as an opportunity to improve the system at the Finance Ministry. He stated that the KPK will examine the gaps between standard procedures and actual practices in the field.
“So that later, oversight units within the DJBC or the Finance Ministry Inspector General, for example, can follow up on system improvements,” he concluded.
To date, the KPK has not disclosed the list of cigarette companies involved. However, the KPK stated it would reveal their identities transparently when the witness examination process begins.
The KPK previously revealed that counterfeit and illegal goods could enter Indonesia due to a bribery case involving employees of the Directorate General of Customs at the Finance Ministry. The KPK stated that the bribe resulted in inspections not being conducted in accordance with regulations.
Asep Guntur revealed that there was an agreement between the Head of Customs Intelligence Section Orlando Hamonangan and the Deputy Head of Customs Intelligence Section Sisprian Subiaksono with the owner of PT Blueray John Field, the Head of PT Blueray’s Import Documentation Team Andri, and PT Blueray’s Operations Manager Dedy Kurniawan in October 2025. They are suspected of agreeing to arrange an import route for goods into Indonesia.
The KPK stated that the Finance Minister’s Regulation establishes two types of routes in import goods inspection services. There is a green lane, which is a route for goods release without physical inspection, and a red lane, which is a route for goods release with physical inspection.
“Subsequently, FLR (Customs employee Filar) received an order from ORL (Orlando) to adjust the red lane parameters and implement it by setting the rule set at 70 per cent,” said Asep, as quoted on Friday, 6 February.
There are currently seven suspects in the goods import bribery case at Customs:
Rizal (RZL), Director of Enforcement and Investigation of the Directorate General of Customs (P2 DJBC) from 2024 to January 2026;
Sisprian Subiaksono (SIS), Head of the Intelligence Subdirectorate of the Directorate General of Customs (Deputy Head of Intel P2 DJBC);
Orlando (ORL), Head of Intelligence Section of the Directorate General of Customs (Head of Intel DJBC);
John Field (JF), Owner of PT Blueray;
Andri (AND), Head of Import Documentation Team at PT Blueray;
Dedy Kurniawan (DK), Operations Manager of PT Blueray;
Budiman Bayu Prasojo (BBP), Head of Customs Intelligence Section P2 DJBC Customs.