Siak Prosecutor's Office Names Three Suspects in Procurement Project Extortion Case

The Siak District Prosecutor’s Office (Kejari Siak) has named three suspects in a corruption case involving the alleged extortion of goods and services providers within the Siak Regency Government for the 2025 fiscal year. The suspects were identified after the special crimes investigation team found sufficient evidence of a practice involving the collection of a 1 per cent fee from the value of procurement projects from successful tenderers. The three suspects are JE, who served as Head of the Goods and Services Procurement Unit (UKPBJ) of Siak Regency in 2025, and AS and SF, who were members of the UKPBJ Working Group.

Head of the Special Crimes Section at Kejari Siak, Galih Aziz, stated that the investigation revealed JE allegedly ordered AS and SF to demand and coerce providers who won tenders to hand over money equivalent to 1 per cent of the project value. Prosecutors suspect the fee was demanded under pressure and threats, leaving providers with no choice but to comply. The collected money was allegedly stored and distributed among several other Working Group members, with the suspects believed to have amassed around Rp421 million from the scheme.

In addition to naming the suspects, investigators have seized a sum of money believed to originate from the extortion as evidence. The three suspects are charged under Article 12 letter e and Article 12 letter g of Law Number 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001, in conjunction with Article 20 letter c of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code, concerning acts committed jointly. The prosecutor’s office confirmed the investigation is ongoing and urged all parties to respect the legal process, emphasising that the suspects must be presumed innocent until a court verdict is legally binding.