Police Raid South Jakarta Cafe, Discover Stacks of US and Singapore Dollars in Safe

A joint team of investigators from the Indonesian National Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipidkor) and the Metro Jaya Regional Police’s Special Criminal Investigation Directorate raided two business premises in South Jakarta on Wednesday (8/7). The operation targeted the de’CLAN Signature cafe and Koin Money Changer, located in the Cipete area, Cilandak, South Jakarta. Metro Jaya Police Head of Public Relations, Senior Commissioner Budi Hermanto, stated that investigators have seized a number of items as evidence, including documents and foreign currency. ‘The search is still ongoing. The latest findings include several documents which are still being reviewed. Secondly, regarding the discovery of US dollars and Singapore dollars, this is still in the process of being counted,’ Budi said in Jakarta on Wednesday (8/7). Budi explained that the documents and money were found inside a safe on the second floor of the de’CLAN Signature cafe. He did not detail the documents or the exact amount of money seized, stating that details would be provided after the search process is complete. ‘We mentioned earlier that there is documentation about this safe, which was indeed concealed behind a cupboard. It has been opened and inside were Singapore dollars and US dollars in a substantial amount,’ he said. The head of the National Police’s Kortas Tipidkor, Inspector General Totok Suharyanto, previously explained that the searches at the cafe and money changer were part of a series of operations targeting eight locations simultaneously under an institutional cooperation scheme. ‘Currently, Kortas Polri is conducting a joint investigation with the Metro Jaya Police’s Special Criminal Investigation Directorate in handling corruption and money laundering cases. As part of the investigation process, we are conducting searches at several locations,’ Totok stated. The series of operations covers the handling of three corruption cases, including alleged corruption in coal commodity governance that triggered a mass blackout, which is being handled directly by Kortas Tipidkor. The second case concerns the development of a corruption case involving insurance companies PT Asabri (Persero) and PT Asuransi Jiwasraya (Persero) for the 2020 to 2025 period. The third cluster relates to alleged money laundering in the process of settling the debt obligations of PT CBS to PT KNI within the jurisdiction of the Metro Jaya Regional Police. On the same occasion, the Director of Special Criminal Investigation at Metro Jaya Police, Senior Commissioner Victor Dean Mackbon, asserted that the search was based on two police reports concerning alleged misappropriation in the form of bribery and money laundering by state officials. The legal framework being investigated includes articles from the Corruption Eradication Law, the Money Laundering Law, and the new Criminal Code. The joint operation is focused on securing and completing the evidence required to optimally compile case files for the three major cases.