Police Raid Another Building in Cipete Linked to Coal and Asabri Corruption Case

Joint investigators from the Jakarta Metropolitan Police (Polda Metro Jaya) and the National Police’s Corruption Eradication Task Force (Kortastipidkor) conducted another search of a building in the Cipete area of South Jakarta on Thursday evening (9/7) as part of a probe into alleged corruption and money laundering linked to coal and Asabri. “It is true [there was another search in Cipete],” Jakarta Police spokesperson Senior Commissioner Budi Hermanto told reporters on Thursday night. Based on monitoring at the location, the property searched on Thursday evening was a shop house within a commercial complex on Jalan Asem II, Cipete, South Jakarta. Investigators arrived to conduct the search at around 23.10 Western Indonesia Time. They arrived at the scene using three buses, and a police forensics (Inafis) vehicle was also spotted at the location. Upon arrival, investigators immediately cordoned off five shop house units with police tape before entering one of them to search for and collect evidence. The search was still ongoing as of 23.37 WIB. Previously, on Wednesday (8/7), joint police investigators searched 12 locations in connection with the case, including the d’Clan Signature café and a money changer in Cipete. The 12 locations included the offices of PT CBS in West and North Jakarta, PT KNI in Central Jakarta, a residence in South Tangerang, a money changer in South Jakarta, a residence in Mega Kuningan, a group office in Kuningan, PT PML in Karet Kuningan, a house in Gandaria Selatan, an apartment in Pacific Place, and a house in Sentul, Bogor Regency. During Wednesday’s searches, police seized evidence including cash in various foreign currencies such as US and Singapore dollars, as well as dozens of kilogrammes of gold bullion. Kortastipidkor Chief Inspector General Totok Suharyanto explained that the searches were conducted as part of investigations into three cases, handled jointly with Polda Metro Jaya. The cases involve alleged corruption and money laundering in the legal handling of the PLN BB and Asabri cases from 2020 to 2025, and in the debt settlement process between PT CBS and PT KNI, a subsidiary of Krakatau Steel, during the same period. Polda Metro Jaya’s Director of Special Criminal Investigation, Senior Commissioner Victor Dean Macbon, stated that the case originated from two police reports. The first relates to alleged corruption and money laundering by state officials in handling the PT Asabri and/or Jiwasraya cases between 2020 and 2025. The second concerns alleged corruption and money laundering in the settlement of PT CBS’s debt obligations to PT KNI by state officials during the same timeframe. From the search at d’Clan café, police found and seized safes containing approximately Rp60 billion, comprising Sin$3 million, US$889,965, and Rp259.15 million. The second floor of the café has been sealed for investigation purposes. At the Koin Money Changer, police seized 71 items of evidence and 16 foreign currencies totalling Rp7.2 billion, and the premises were also sealed. Meanwhile, at a house in Sentul, police seized 74 kilogrammes of gold bullion and cash from a locked safe, with the total value estimated at Rp476 billion. The safe contained seven suitcases holding the gold, US$4,767,300, Sin$14,083,800, and Rp100 million in cash. Investigators also seized documents, mobile phones, and a photograph of the suspected homeowner’s family.