KPK to Summon Director General of Customs After Being Named in Court Over SGD 213,600? This Is What the KPK Chair Says
Jakarta — The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has spoken out after the name of the Director General of Customs at the Ministry of Finance, Djaka Budi Utama, was mentioned in court in relation to alleged receipt of bribes amounting to SGD 213,600. KPK Chair Setyo Budiyanto said the anti-corruption agency would study the possibility of summoning Djaka as a witness in the case concerning corruption within the Directorate General of Customs.
‘The matter will be studied and processed, then discussed,’ Setyo said in Serang, Banten, on Thursday (21 May 2026).
Meanwhile, he said the KPK leadership is currently awaiting the strategy that investigators will employ regarding the Customs case. ‘We leaders will not jump the gun, to avoid mixing information in circulation with what is obtained during the examination in court and the investigation,’ he added.
Earlier, on 4 February 2026, the KPK conducted an arrest operation (OTT) within the Directorate General of Customs of the Ministry of Finance. In the operation, one of those detained was Rizal, the Head of the Western Sumatra Regional Office of Customs. The day after, the KPK named six of 17 people detained as suspects in the case of alleged bribery and gratification related to the import of counterfeit goods within Customs.
They were Rizal (RZL), Director of Enforcement and Investigation of Customs for the 2024-January 2026 period; Head of Sub-Directorate for Intelligence on Enforcement and Investigation of Customs Sisprian Subiaksono (SIS); and Head of the Intelligence Section of Customs Orlando Hamonangan (ORL). Also named were Blueray Cargo owner John Field (JF); Head of the Blueray Cargo Documentation Team Andri (AND); and Operations Manager Dedy Kurniawan (DK).
On 26 February 2026, KPK named a new suspect: Head of the Intelligence Section of Customs, Directorate of Enforcement and Investigation of Customs, Budiman Bayu Prasojo (BBP). Subsequently, on 27 February 2026, KPK disclosed that it was examining suspected corruption in the processing of duties, including after cash amounts of Rp5.19 billion were seized in five suitcases from a house in Ciputat, South Tangerang, linked to the case.
On 6 May 2026, John Field, Andri, and Dedy Kurniawan underwent their first trial as defendants. Then the name of the Director General of Customs Djaka Budi Utama appeared in the indictment for those three defendants. In the indictment, Djaka Budi, together with Rizal, Sisprian Subiaksono, and Orlando Hamonangan, were said to have met with cargo entrepreneurs at a hotel in Jakarta in July 2025. One of the entrepreneurs present was John Field. Then on 20 May 2026, the KPK’s Public Prosecutors stated that Djaka Budi Utama was alleged to have received bribe money amounting to SGD 213,600.