Police Seize US and Singapore Dollars in Raid on Cipete Café

Police seized a number of items as evidence during a raid on the de’Clan Signature café in the Cipete area, Cilandak, South Jakarta, including cash in US and Singapore dollars. ‘The findings include US dollars and Singapore dollars. This is still in the process of being counted after the search was conducted,’ said Head of Public Relations for the Metro Jaya Regional Police, Commissioner Budi Hermanto, at the location on Wednesday (8/7). The money was found in a large safe hidden behind a cupboard on the second floor of the café. In addition to the foreign currency notes, Budi stated that his team also seized a number of documents, though he did not disclose further details about the document findings. ‘There was a safe, and it has been opened. It turns out there were several documents and a storage of money in a large, fantastic amount,’ Budi said. Budi conveyed that the search process to find and collect evidence is still ongoing. He also warned all parties not to attempt to obstruct the search and the handling of the case. ‘We urge all parties to respect the process being carried out by the police,’ Budi said. ‘We inform anyone who tries to obstruct the investigation process that they can be processed under Article 21 of the Corruption Crime Act,’ he continued. Budi explained that the search was conducted to find and collect evidence for the investigation of the case. ‘The search is to find and collect evidence to fulfil the elements of the alleged criminal offence,’ he stated. He further explained that the involvement of Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel in the search was part of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). ‘The use of force personnel is for anticipation and is part of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) carried out by the police,’ he said. Previously, the Head of the National Police’s Corruption Eradication Unit, Inspector General Totok Suharyanto, stated that this search was related to the handling of three cases. He said the handling of these cases was conducted jointly with the Metro Jaya Regional Police using a joint investigation mechanism. ‘The handling of corruption and money laundering cases in the legal process for the PLN BB case, then Asabri for the 2020 to 2025 period, and the alleged corruption case in the debt settlement process of PT CBS to PT KNI for the 2020-2025 period,’ he said. Meanwhile, the Director of Special Criminal Investigation for the Metro Jaya Regional Police, Commissioner Victor Dean Macbon, stated that the handling of this case originated from two police reports received. The first report concerns alleged criminal acts of corruption and/or money laundering in the legal handling process by state officials or state administrators in the PT Asabri (Persero) and/or Jiwasraya Insurance cases that occurred between 2020 and 2025. The second report relates to alleged corruption and/or money laundering in the process of settling debts or obligations of PT CBS to PT KNI by state officials or state administrators that occurred between 2020 and 2025. ‘The steps we are taking today are efforts to fulfil the evidence requirements at approximately eight locations we are searching,’ he said.