KPK to Investigate Foreign National Hubs Beyond Jakarta and Bali

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will investigate areas with large populations of foreign nationals beyond Jakarta and Bali as part of its ongoing probe into an alleged extortion case linked to residence permit processing. The case has implicated former Director General of Immigration and Deputy Minister of Immigration and Corrections for the 2024–2026 period, Silmy Karim.

KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo stated that following a recent operation in West Jakarta and a subsequent focus on Bali, the commission will examine the permit processing mechanisms in other regions with significant foreign resident communities. He noted that the KPK will study the patterns at immigration offices in these areas to further develop the investigation.

The KPK has received substantial public information regarding the alleged extortion case. The initial operation, conducted on 2–3 June 2026, was the commission’s eleventh sting operation of the year and resulted in the arrest of 17 individuals, including eight state officials or civil servants and nine private sector intermediaries. Silmy Karim surrendered to the KPK on 3 June 2026, and the following day, the commission named eight suspects in the case, which spans from 2022 to 2026 within the Ministry of Law and Human Rights and its successor, the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections.

Alongside Silmy Karim, who served as Director General of Immigration from 2023 to 2024, the suspects include Acting Director General of Immigration for 2024–2025 Saffar Muhammad Godam, Head of the West Jakarta Class I Special Non-TPI Immigration Office Ronald Arman Abdullah, and several other immigration officials. The suspects are alleged to have amassed a total of Rp145.5 billion from the scheme.