KPK Uncovers Immigration Extortion: Salaries Total Rp9.7bn, While Bank Accounts Reach Rp366.7bn

KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto has confirmed the opening of a closed investigation regarding allegations of massive corruption within the environment of the Directorate General of Immigration. The scale of the issue is significant; data from the Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) for the 2019-2025 period has uncovered clandestine fund flows worth Rp366.7 billion across 96 bank accounts belonging to 35 immigration officials. This figure stands in stark contrast to their official total salary portion, which amounts to only Rp9.7 billion.

The case is intensifying as the investigation reportedly involves the name of the Deputy Minister of Immigration/Director General of Immigration, Silmi Karim. There are allegations of extortion through mandatory payments for the processing of Temporary Stay Permits (ITAS) for foreign nationals, facilitated through a network of regional immigration officials.