Police Freeze Two Rooms at de'Clan Cafe, Seize Nearly IDR 60 Billion in Corruption Probe

The Indonesian National Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortastipidkor) and the Metro Jaya Regional Police have frozen the activities in two rooms at the de’Clan Signature cafe in South Jakarta to secure the crime scene during an ongoing investigation. Metro Jaya Police spokesperson, Commissioner Budi Hermanto, stated that the status quo was applied to the upstairs work rooms, including a money changer facility, to facilitate the probe into alleged corruption and money laundering. He confirmed that the cafe’s operations on the ground floor remain unaffected and have been returned to management. During the search, investigators discovered a large safe resembling a small room, measuring approximately 2x1 metres, used to store important documents and cash. Evidence seized and packed into three suitcases included documents, electronic devices, and cash in multiple currencies. Separately, Kortastipidkor Chief, Inspector General Totok Suharyanto, detailed that the seized cash from the de’Clan location amounted to nearly IDR 60 billion, comprising 3,130,000 Singapore dollars, 889,965 US dollars, and IDR 259,159,000. An additional IDR 7.2 billion in foreign currency was confiscated from a Koin Money Changer in the same South Jakarta area. The evidence has been transported to Metro Jaya Police headquarters for further analysis, including digital forensics on mobile phones. Police declined to speculate on the ownership of the cafe, which has been linked in public discourse to a senior official at the Attorney General’s Office, emphasising the principle of presumption of innocence.