Police: Safe Found in Cipete Café Measures 2x1 Metres

Police have revealed that the safe discovered on the second floor of the de’Clan Signature cafe in Cipete, South Jakarta, measures 2x1 metres.

The safe was found hidden behind a cabinet on the second floor of the cafe. It contained documents and a sum of money in various currencies, from rupiah to US dollars and Singapore dollars.

“It turns out the safe, when opened, spans roughly 2x1 metres. That means it is about the size of a room, used for storing the documents and the money,” said Head of Public Relations at Polda Metro Jaya, Senior Commissioner Budi Hermanto, to reporters at the scene on Wednesday evening (8 July).

At the cafe, police seized approximately Rp67.2 billion, consisting of SGD 3,000,000, USD 889,965 and Rp259,159,000. The second floor of the cafe has been sealed off by investigators for the purposes of the investigation.

“The second floor functions as an office, and we have placed it under status quo as part of the investigation into the alleged corruption,” Budi said.

Meanwhile, during a search of Koin Money Changer, police seized 71 items of evidence and 16 foreign currencies with a total value of Rp7.2 billion. Police have also sealed this location.

Head of the National Police Corruption and Money Laundering Enforcement Coordination, Inspector General Totok Suharyanto, previously said the searches relate to the handling of three cases. He said the cases are being handled jointly with Polda Metro Jaya under a joint investigation mechanism.

“The handling of the corruption and money-laundering cases concerns the legal process in the PLN BB case, then Asabri from 2020 to 2025, and an alleged corruption case in the debt settlement of PT CBS to PT KNI between 2020 and 2025,” he said.

Meanwhile, Director of Special Crimes Investigation at Polda Metro Jaya, Senior Commissioner Victor Dean Macbon, said the handling of the cases began with two police reports.

The first report concerns alleged corruption and/or money laundering in legal proceedings involving state officials in the case of PT Asabri (Persero) and/or Asuransi Jiwasraya, occurring between 2020 and 2025.

The second report concerns alleged corruption and/or money laundering in the settlement of debts or obligations of PT CBS to PT KNI by state officials, also occurring between 2020 and 2025.

“The steps we took today were part of efforts to secure evidence at approximately eight locations we searched,” he said.