KPK Uncovers Parties Claiming to Be Able to 'Handle' Customs Bribery Case
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has revealed that there are parties claiming to be able to “handle” the management of the case involving alleged bribery for importing goods and gratuities at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise of the Ministry of Finance. KPK stresses that this is not true.
“In the investigation of the alleged corruption case related to customs and excise, investigators also received information about parties claiming they can arrange or manage the handling of this case. This information has spread, among others, in Central Java,” said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters on Wednesday (29/4/2026).
Budi described this as a modus operandi of fraud that often occurs. Budi emphasised that KPK carries out investigations professionally.
“Therefore, we warn the public not to trust individuals who engage in the modus of offering assistance in handling cases in exchange for something, either directly or through intermediaries,” he said.
Budi urged the public who encounter similar practices to report them to KPK. He guaranteed that KPK would follow up on public complaints.
“Active public participation is an important element in supporting corruption eradication efforts, including preventing fraudulent practices that harm the law enforcement process,” he said.
In this case, KPK initially named six people as suspects after conducting a sting operation at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) in the importation bribery case. KPK seized evidence in this bribery case with a total value of Rp 40.5 billion.
“In addition, the KPK team also secured evidence from the residences of RZL, ORL, and PT BR, as well as other locations, because there are several locations, like safe houses. The total value related to this criminal act is Rp 40.5 billion,” said Deputy for Enforcement KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu at the Merah Putih Building of KPK, Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Thursday (5/2).
The evidence seized by KPK includes:
Cash in the amount of Rp 1.89 billion
Cash in the amount of USD 182,900
Cash in the amount of SGD 1.48 million
Cash in the amount of JPY 55,000
Precious metals weighing 2.5 kg or equivalent to Rp 7.4 billion
Precious metals weighing 2.8 kg or equivalent to Rp 8.3 billion
1 luxury watch valued at Rp 138 million.
KPK stated that this case began with a criminal conspiracy among the suspects to arrange the planning of import routes for goods entering Indonesia. With this conditioning, goods brought by PT Blueray are suspected of not undergoing physical inspection.
“Thus, goods that are suspected to be fake, counterfeit, and illegal could enter Indonesia without checks by customs officials,” he said.
After this red lane conditioning, there were several meetings and handovers of money from PT Blueray to officials at Customs and Excise during the period December 2025-February 2026 at various locations.
“The receipt of this money was also carried out routinely every month as an ‘allowance’ for the officials at DJBC,” he added.