Police Investigate Coal-Asabri Case, Raid Cafe and Money Changer
The Indonesian National Police’s Anti-Fraud and Financial Crime Task Force (Kortas Tipidkor Polri) and the Jakarta Metropolitan Police conducted searches at the de’CLAN Signature café and Koin Money Changer in the Cipete area of Cilandak, South Jakarta, on Wednesday (8/7/2026). The raids on the café and money changer form part of eight locations simultaneously targeted by investigators.
“Currently, the National Police Task Force is carrying out a joint investigation scheme with the Jakarta Metropolitan Police’s Criminal Investigation Directorate in handling corruption and money laundering cases within the legal process,” explained the Head of Kortas Tipidkor Polri, Inspector General Totok Suharyanto, on Wednesday (8/7/26).
According to him, the searches are part of the handling of a case involving alleged corruption related to coal governance that triggered a blackout, which is being handled by Kortas Tipidkor Polri.
He stated that two other cases relate to alleged corruption in the Asabri and Jiwasraya insurance firms between 2020 and 2025. There is also a case of alleged money laundering in the settlement of debts owed by PT CBS to PT KNI within the jurisdiction of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police.
“As part of the investigation process, we are currently conducting searches at several locations. Regarding the technical details, these will be conveyed by the Head of the Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police, relating to the objects of the case and the investigative process in brief,” he said.
The Head of the Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police, Senior Commissioner Victor Dean Mackbon, added that the searches were carried out following two reports received concerning alleged corruption involving money laundering and bribery by state officials.
“Committed by civil servants or state officials within the jurisdiction of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police between 2020 and 2025,” he explained, as quoted from a press release.
The criminal charges being pursued 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 paragraphs 1 and/or 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 involve efforts to gather evidence at approximately eight locations where we are conducting searches. In front of you today, we are carrying this out at two points, namely Café de’CLAN and Koin Money Changer. And of course, we will also convey the subsequent measures taken by the inquiry and investigation teams, which are being conducted as a joint investigation,” he said.