Raffi Ahmad's Pleasantries Behind His Name Being Dragged into Customs Case

The name of Presidential Special Envoy for the Young Generation and Arts Workers, Raffi Ahmad, has been drawn into the vortex of an alleged import bribery case at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise under the Ministry of Finance. Raffi Ahmad has spoken out and denied any involvement.

For context, Raffi Ahmad’s name first emerged in a court hearing on Friday (5/6) involving defendants led by Blueray Cargo Group boss John Field and others. A KPK prosecutor initially questioned witness Sri Pangestuti, a Customs Clearance Services entrepreneur, regarding a request to ship laptops and an iPhone 17 from the United States to Indonesia.

KPK Acting Director of Investigations Taufik Ahmad Husein stated that the facts presented in the trial would be studied by the commission and did not rule out summoning related parties. ‘Whether these trial facts will become new facts that need further investigation? Yes, we will certainly conduct examinations,’ he said.

The KPK has confirmed that Raffi Ahmad’s name appeared in the investigation into alleged import corruption at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise. The commission stated his name emerged because he was suspected of having once entrusted electronic goods to the Blueray Cargo party. ‘It is true, there is a fact that RA entrusted items,’ said Taufik at the KPK building in Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Monday evening (8/6/2026).

The KPK noted that this finding has not yet been developed into a full investigation. The commission also stated that Raffi’s actions do not yet fall into the category of smuggling. ‘But at that time we had not reached the point of concluding it was smuggling, because it was only around two units that were entrusted, perhaps laptops, due to an introduction or something,’ Taufik said. ‘So, in the Blueray investigation process yesterday, we did not develop it too far because we had not yet reached facts that strengthened it as part of the Blueray immigration processing event at the Directorate General of Customs, so we did not issue a summons,’ he added.

Raffi Ahmad has spoken out and denied involvement in the alleged import bribery case at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise. He recounted how his name became entangled and linked to PT Blueray, whose boss is a defendant in the case.

Raffi explained that he initially participated in a marathon event with several artists in the United States. After the event, they visited Awang Kitchen, a place popular with Indonesians. ‘After the event finished, as you can see in the vlog and photos, many Indonesian friends asked for photos and so on. I left Awang Kitchen, and one, two, three shops next to it, there was something called, what was it, Blueray,’ Raffi said at a press conference in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, on Thursday (11/6/2026).

Raffi admitted he did not refuse when asked to take photos by Blueray employees. He claimed there is photographic evidence of them taking pictures there. ‘Yes, he introduced himself, but I didn’t know him. I didn’t know him, then they said, “Mas Raffi, our company, Blueray, we can send anything, mobile phones, laptops, iPads, anything.” I said, “Oh, is that so? Can you send the latest mobile phone?” Of course not. I said, “Oh, no, I don’t want to send it through you.” Of course I wouldn’t say that,’ he explained.

Raffi stated it was merely small talk. According to him, the Blueray party later contacted him again. ‘At that point, it was just pleasantries, a bit of small talk occurred there,’ he revealed. Raffi said he was offered free shipping services but refused. ‘There was a chat, they said it would be free. I said, “Oh, no need, no need, no need. I don’t want it if it’s free, I don’t want it.” I said that. “Later.” He said, “So, if you order?” “Yes, yes, yes, okay, later if there is something, order, okay, okay.” That was all, just that,’ he said.

The defendants in this case are John Field as head of Blueray Cargo Group, Deddy Kurniawan Sukolo as Manager of Port Customs Clearance at Blueray Cargo Group, and Andri as Head of the Import Documentation Team at Blueray Cargo Group. In this case, KPK prosecutors charged the three Blueray Cargo executives with bribing the Directorate General of Customs and Excise for importation of goods. The prosecutors stated the three provided money amounting to Rp 61.3 billion in Singapore dollar currency. In addition to money, the three were also charged with providing various facilities and luxury goods worth Rp 1.8 billion.