Three Defendants in Customs Import Bribery Case Face Prison, Bribes Totalled Rp91.7 Billion

Three defendants in a suspected bribery case related to the importation of goods within the Customs and Excise environment have been sentenced to 2-3 years in prison by the Public Prosecutor of the Corruption Eradication Commission (JPU KPK). The prosecutor is convinced that the three were proven to have given bribes to a number of Customs and Excise officials to obtain facilities in the customs process. The charges were read out in a trial at the Corruption Court (Tipikor) at the Central Jakarta District Court on Monday (22/6/2026). The three defendants are John Field, head of Blueray Cargo, Deddy Kurniawan Sukolo, Operational Manager of Blueray Cargo, and Andri, Head of the Document Team at Blueray Cargo. During the trial, KPK Prosecutor M. Takdir Suhan stated that the defendants had been legally and convincingly proven to have committed a criminal act of corruption, in the form of giving bribes as per the first indictment. The prosecutor revealed that the bribes were given to a number of Customs and Excise officials using envelopes coded with specific numbers, with a total value reaching Rp91.7 billion. In addition, the defendants were also said to have given money to Ahmad Dedi, also known as Dedi Congor, amounting to Rp30 billion. Not only cash, the defendants were also charged with providing various entertainment facilities and luxury goods to Customs and Excise officials, including a TAG Heuer wristwatch and a Mazda CX-5 car, with a total value of around Rp1.8 billion. According to the prosecutor, the provision of money and facilities was intended to ensure the company received special treatment so that imported goods belonging to Blueray Cargo could be released more quickly from the customs supervision process. The prosecutor stated in court that the defendants worked together closely and consciously in carrying out the criminal act of bribery. In their demands, the prosecutor considered a number of aggravating and mitigating circumstances. Aggravating factors included the defendants’ actions being deemed not to support the government’s efforts to realise a corruption-free administration and damaging the image of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise at the Ministry of Finance. The KPK is developing the case of suspected import bribery at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise.