Police Discover Staggering Sums of USD and SGD in Safe at de'Clan Cafe

Police have discovered a substantial quantity of foreign currency, including US and Singapore dollars, during a search of the de’Clan Signature cafe in Cipete, South Jakarta. The raid is connected to a major corruption investigation. “We can report that from tonight’s search at the de’Clan Cafe location, a sum of money in Singapore dollars and US dollars was found,” said Polda Metro Jaya Public Relations Head, Commissioner Budi Hermanto, at the scene on Wednesday (8/7/2026). He noted that the money was still being counted. A safe embedded in the cafe’s wall was also found to contain documents and a large quantity of foreign currency. “It turns out there were several documents and a storage of money in a fairly large, fantastic amount. This is in Singapore dollars and US dollars,” he explained.

The search at the cafe and a nearby money changer is part of a joint investigation between the National Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipikor) and the Polda Metro Jaya Special Criminal Investigation Directorate. Kortas Tipikor Chief, Inspector General Totok Suharyanto, stated the investigation covers three cases: alleged corruption in coal procurement that triggered a blackout, the ASABRI case from 2020 to 2025, and an alleged corruption case involving debt settlement from PT CBS to PT KNI, a subsidiary of the state-owned enterprise Krakatau Steel.

Commissioner Budi Hermanto emphasised that the investigation into these cases has the direct attention of President Prabowo Subianto. “This is an atensi (priority) of the President, that alleged corruption cases are a concern for the police to uncover and investigate,” he said. The searches are part of the process to gather evidence related to allegations of bribery, gratification, and money laundering.