Yusril Receives Public Complaints on Illegal Levies in Immigration Services
The Coordinating Minister for Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and Correctional Affairs, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, has admitted to receiving significant public input regarding irregularities within immigration services.
“I have indeed received a great deal of feedback from the public that many deviations are still occurring, including illegal levies carried out by bureaucratic ranks in various locations,” Yusril stated via a video statement on Friday (5/6).
Yusril noted that the exposure of alleged extortion cases related to Foreign National (WNA) stay permits and/or the receipt of gratifications—involving former Deputy Minister of Immigration for 202pend 2026 and former Director General of Immigration for 2023-2024, Silmy Karim and others, by the KPK—serves as a critical moment for reform.
“Therefore, I have ordered all immigration ranks to be cooperative with the KPK, to open all data, and to provide all information; nothing must be concealed,” he asserted.
Yusril supports and encourages the KPK to complete the handling of alleged corruption cases related to immigration services. He emphasised that everything must be uncovered as clearly and thoroughly as possible by the KPK, acting within its authority as an independent institution responsible for investigating, researching, and prosecuting corruption. He added that he is continuously monitoring the progress of the investigation into alleged corruption within the immigration ranks.
He further suggested that the investigation should involve all relevant levels, including the West Jakarta Immigration Office, the former Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of DKI Jakarta (now the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Immigration in Jakarta), and potentially other locations, to ensure all cases are revealed for subsequent reform.
In addition to Silmy Karim, the KPK is prosecuting seven other suspects. These include the Acting Director General of Immigration for the 2024-2025 period, Saffar Muhammad Godam; Director of Stay Permits, Jaya Saputra; Sub-directorate Heads within the Directorate of Stay Permits, Bagus Bramantyo and Tessar Bayu Setyaji; the Head of the Central Jakarta Immigration Office for 2024-2025 and West Jakarta Immigration Office for 2025-2026, Ronald Arman Abdullah; Head of the Limited Stay Permit (ITAS) Status Change Team, Juniadi Sri Priambudi; and Stay Permit Sub-directorate Staff, Gusti Bernardiansyah.
The suspects have been detained for an initial 20-day period from 4 June to 23 June 2026 at the KPK Detention Centre Branch C1 and the Merah Putih Building.
The suspects are charged with violating Article 12 letter e and/or Article 12B of the Law on the Eradication of Corruption Crimes in conjunction with Article 20 letter c of Law Number 1 of 2023 regarding the Criminal Code (KUHP).
The case was uncovered by the KPK through a sting operation (OTT) conducted in Jakarta, West Java, and Bali on 2-3 June 2026.