Video: KPK Uncovers Top-Down and Bottom-Up Immigration Corruption via Office Cleaners

A closed investigation by the KPK has revealed that alleged corruption within the Directorate General of Immigration is not merely the actions of rogue individuals, but rather a structured, systematic, and massive operation. Instructions allegedly flowed from the top (Deputy Minister of Immigration Silmi Karim) through structural officials to extort foreign sponsors during the processing of stay permits. Services at counters and even digital systems were allegedly intentionally complicated to force applicants to pay additional fees. At the lower level, staff (GST) collected illegal levies. To avoid detection, they utilised 96 shadow accounts belonging to office cleaners and cleaning service personnel. Once collected, these funds, totalling hundreds of billions of rupiah, flowed upwards as ‘quota deposits’.