KPK Uncovers Role of Customs Officer in Collecting Gratuity Funds from Importers
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has revealed the role of a Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) employee with initials SA, who is suspected of managing gratuity funds from various companies and importers. This illicit practice allegedly commenced in November 2024 and involved arrangements concerning excise duties.
Deputy for Prosecution and Execution at KPK, Asep Guntur Rahayu, explained that the funds originated from companies whose products were subject to excise taxes. “It is suspected that he received and managed money from companies whose products are subject to excise tax, both domestically produced goods and imported items,” Asep stated at KPK’s Red and White Building in Jakarta on Friday (27 February).
Asep revealed that SA carried out these actions under instructions from the Head of Customs Intelligence Section, Budiman Bayu Prasojo (BBP). Budiman has already been designated as a suspect in a case involving bribery and gratuity related to the importation of counterfeit goods at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise.
The funds collected by SA were utilised as operational funds beginning when Sisprian Subiaksono (SIS) served as Head of the Subdirectorate for Intelligence Enforcement and Investigation. SIS has also been designated as a suspect in the same case.
To conceal the trail, SA stored the money in a secret location. “The money collected and managed by SA was kept in an apartment located in Central Jakarta serving as a safe house,” Asep explained. In February 2026, the illicit funds were transferred to another safe house in the Ciputat area, Tangerang Selatan. However, KPK succeeded in tracing the location.
During a search at the safe house in Ciputat, investigators seized approximately Rp5.19 billion in cash, consisting of Rupiah currency and foreign exchange stored in five suitcases.
Previously, on 4 February 2026, KPK conducted a hand-arrest operation at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise within the Ministry of Finance. On the same day, KPK revealed that one of those arrested was the Head of the West Sumatra Regional Office of DJBC, Rizal.
One day later, on 5 February 2026, KPK designated six of the 17 individuals arrested as suspects in a case involving alleged bribery and gratuity related to counterfeit goods importation at DJBC. These included Rizal (RZL) as Director of Enforcement and Investigation at DJBC from 2024 to January 2026, Head of the Subdirectorate for Intelligence Enforcement and Investigation at DJBC Sisprian Subiaksono (SIS), and Head of the Customs Intelligence Section at DJBC Orlando Hamonangan (ORL).
Additionally, three others were designated as suspects: owner of Blueray Cargo John Field (JF), Head of Blueray Cargo’s Import Documentation Team Andri (AND), and Blueray Cargo’s Operations Manager Dedy Kurniawan (DK).
Most recently, on 26 February 2026, KPK announced Budiman Bayu Prasojo (BBP) as a new suspect following further examination of witness statements. This designation was connected to a search of one of the safe houses in Ciputat, Tangerang Selatan, on 13 February 2026. During that search, investigators also seized approximately Rp5 billion in cash stored in five suitcases.
KPK stated that it is searching for additional safe houses related to the alleged bribery case involving importation at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise under the Ministry of Finance. The suspects deliberately prepared multiple storage locations to evade law enforcement monitoring.