Police Raid Homes and Offices in Sudirman-Kuningan Area Linked to Three Corruption Cases

Police have raided four to five locations in South Jakarta, including the Pacific Place complex and areas in Kuningan and Sudirman, in connection with three separate corruption investigations. The searches, conducted on Wednesday (8/7), targeted both residential and office premises. ‘There are several houses and offices, but we will provide the valid details later,’ said Senior Commissioner Budi Hermanto, Head of Public Relations for the Metro Jaya Regional Police.

During the operation, police searched the De’Clan café in Cipete and a nearby money changer. ‘We can report that as of tonight, at the De’Clan café, a sum of money in Singapore dollars and US dollars was discovered,’ Budi stated. The money changer is suspected of being used as a facility for money laundering activities.

The raids are part of a joint investigation between the Indonesian National Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipikor) and the Metro Jaya Police’s Special Criminal Investigation Directorate. Brigadier General Totok Suharyanto, Head of Kortas Tipikor, explained that the investigation covers three cases: alleged corruption in coal procurement at PLN that triggered a blackout, a case involving the state-owned insurance firm ASABRI from 2020 to 2025, and the settlement of debts from PT CBS to PT KNI, a subsidiary of the state-owned enterprise Krakatau Steel.

Senior Commissioner Budi Hermanto emphasised that the investigation has received the direct attention of President Prabowo Subianto. ‘This is part of the President’s attention to alleged corruption cases, which the police are focusing on for disclosure and investigation,’ he said. The alleged criminal acts under investigation include bribery, gratification, and money laundering.