KPK Uncovers Attempt to Destroy Evidence at Customs Service Safe House

The Indonesian Anti-Corruption Commission (KPK) has exposed a special instruction to conduct a “clean-up” of a safe house to conceal evidence in an alleged bribery case related to goods importation at the Directorate General of Customs.

The instruction allegedly came from Budiman Bayu Prasojo (BBP), Head of Customs Intelligence Section P2 at the Directorate General of Customs, to his subordinate Salisa Asmoaji (SA).

Asep Guntur Rahayu, KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution, explained that this evidence destruction attempt was detected in early February. “In early February 2026, BBP ordered SA to ‘clean up’ the safe house located in Central Jakarta,” Asep stated at KPK’s Red and White Building in South Jakarta on Friday (27 February).

Asep detailed that the “clean-up” instruction was code for moving stacks of cash from the original location. However, this movement was detected by the investigative team.

“SA subsequently transferred the money to another safe house located in an apartment in the Ciputat area, South Tangerang,” Asep continued.

In searches at the evidence concealment location, KPK investigators discovered various foreign currency and Indonesian rupiah totalling Rp5.19 billion. All the money was found neatly stored inside five suitcases.

The KPK has now issued a warrant for the arrest of Budiman Bayu Prasojo (BBP) after formally designating him as a suspect.

To date, the KPK has designated six other suspects in this goods importation corruption case. The suspects are allegedly actively involved in fraudulent importation practices that harmed state finances.

The officials deliberately prepared more than one storage location to evade law enforcement monitoring.