Three Defendants in Blueray Cargo and Customs Bribery Case Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison

Three defendants in the case of alleged bribery of Customs and Excise officials at the Ministry of Finance were found guilty and sentenced to 1.5 and 2 years in prison by the presiding judge, Brelly Yuniar Dien Wardi Haskori.

The three are Blueray Cargo’s head, John Field; its Operations Manager, Deddy Kurniawan Sukolo; and the head of Blueray Cargo’s document team, Andri.

“They have been legally and convincingly proven guilty of jointly participating in the continuing crime of corruption as set out in the primary charge,” Brelly said in delivering the verdict at the Corruption Court in Central Jakarta on Friday, 10 July 2026.

The three defendants were proven to have given Rp 61.7 billion in cash to Customs and Excise officials, entertainment facilities worth Rp 1.4 billion, one Mazda CX-5 valued at Rp 330 million, and a TAG Heuer watch worth Rp 65 million.

Brelly stated that defendant John Field also gave money to Ahmad Dedi, also known as Dedi Congor, amounting to Rp 30 billion, bringing the total value of the payments to Rp 91.7 billion.

He explained that the money was given so that Blueray Cargo’s imported goods could be swiftly released from customs inspection. “With total bonus costs from July 2025 to January 2026 amounting to Rp 91,769,073,000,” he said.

Brelly further explained that the payments in fact had no effect for the defendants, as Blueray Cargo’s imported goods actually faced an increasing number of red-channel inspections.

“The money given to Ahmad Dedi had absolutely no effect whatsoever on the problem of rising red-channel inspections of imported goods handled by the Blueray Cargo customs broker,” Brelly said.

The judges declared that John Field and his co-defendants were guilty of violating Article 605 paragraph 1 letter a of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article VII number 48, Article 605 letter a of Law Number 1 of 2026 on Penalty Adjustments, in conjunction with Article 20 letter c in conjunction with Article 126 paragraph 1 of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code.

Brelly added that the mitigating considerations were that the defendants were forthcoming, admitted their actions, expressed remorse and pledged not to repeat them. Furthermore, the defendants had never previously been convicted, and each has a wife, children and family members who depend on them.