Police Investigate Coal-Asabri Case, Raid Cafe and Money Changer

The Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipidkor) of the Indonesian National Police and the Metro Jaya Police conducted raids at de’CLAN Signature cafe and Koin Money Changer in the Cipete area of Cilandak, South Jakarta, on Wednesday. The searches at these two locations were part of eight sites simultaneously targeted in the investigation. “Currently, Kortas Polri is carrying out a joint investigation scheme with the Special Criminal Investigation Directorate of Metro Jaya Police in handling corruption and money laundering cases,” explained Kortas Tipidkor Chief, Inspector General Totok Suharyanto. According to him, these raids are part of handling a case concerning alleged corruption in coal governance that triggered a blackout, which is being handled by Kortas Tipidkor. He stated that two other cases relate to alleged corruption in insurance at Asabri and Jiwasraya from 2020 to 2025, as well as an alleged money laundering case in the debt settlement process of PT CBS to PT KNI within the jurisdiction of Metro Jaya Police. “As part of the investigation process, we are currently conducting searches in several places. Technical details will be conveyed later by the Director of Special Criminal Investigation of Metro Jaya Police regarding the case object and the investigation process briefly,” he said. Metro Jaya Police’s Director of Special Criminal Investigation, Senior Commissioner Victor Dean Mackbon, added that the searches were conducted based on two reports received concerning alleged corruption involving money laundering and bribery by state officials. “By civil servants or state officials that occurred within the jurisdiction of Metro Jaya Police during the period 2020 to 2025,” he clarified. The criminal acts being investigated fall under Article 12 letter e and/or Article 12 letter b of Law Number 20 of 2001 on the Eradication of Corruption, and/or Article 606 paragraph 1 and/or paragraph 3, Article 3, and Article 5 of Law Number 8 of 2010 on the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering, or Article 607 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 20 of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code. “The steps we are taking today are efforts to fulfil evidence at approximately eight locations where we are conducting searches. Before you today, we are conducting them at two points, namely Cafe de’CLAN and Koin Money Changer. And of course, we will also convey further efforts that have been made by investigators in this joint investigation,” he stated.