Police Raid Cafe and Money Changer in Cipete, Seize Rp67.2 Billion

Police investigators have seized Rp67.2 billion from de’Clan Signature and Koin Money Changer in South Jakarta in connection with corruption and money laundering cases. The head of the National Police’s Corruption Eradication Task Force, Inspector General Totok Suharyanto, stated that the seized billions of rupiah consisted of rupiah, US dollar, and Singapore dollar denominations. “The money we seized includes SGD3,130,000 in SGD100 notes, then US$889,965, and cash in rupiah amounting to Rp259,159,000. When converted to rupiah, it totals approximately nearly Rp60 billion. This was at the de’Clan location,” Totok told reporters at the search site on Wednesday evening. “Then at the Money Changer, there were 71 items of evidence, along with 16 foreign currencies, totalling around Rp7.2 billion,” he continued. Totok explained that during the search, his team also seized a number of documents and several electronic items for further investigation. The seized evidence was transported in several suitcases and loaded into vehicles belonging to the Polda Metro Jaya Special Criminal Investigation Directorate. The evidence was then taken to Polda Metro Jaya under escort from Mobile Brigade personnel. Totok previously stated that the search was related to the handling of three cases. He said the cases were being handled jointly with Polda Metro Jaya under a joint investigation mechanism. “The handling of corruption and money laundering cases in the legal process concerning the PLN BB case, then Asabri for the period 2020 to 2025, and the alleged corruption case in the debt settlement process of PT CBS to PT KNI for the period 2020-2025,” he said. Meanwhile, the Director of Special Criminal Investigation at Polda Metro Jaya, Senior Commissioner Victor Dean Macbon, stated that the case handling originated from two police reports received. The first report concerns alleged corruption and/or money laundering in the legal process by state officials or state administrators in the PT Asabri (Persero) and/or Jiwasraya Insurance case during the 2020-2025 period. The second report concerns alleged corruption and/or money laundering in the process of settling the debt or obligations of PT CBS to PT KNI by state officials or state administrators during the 2020-2025 period. “The steps we took today, we made efforts to fulfil the evidence requirements at approximately eight locations that we searched,” he said.