KPK Asked to Investigate the Involvement of Other Parties in the Customs Case

JAKARTA - Bogor University Faculty of Law academician Dinalara Butar Butar assessed that the handling of the alleged corruption case in the Directorate General of Customs and Excise by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has not touched the root of the problem.

This was conveyed in a national discussion entitled "Testing the Courage of the KPK to Uncover the Customs Mafia" which was held at the Faculty of Law, Pakuan University, Bogor.

Dinalara suspects that there is a figure with the initials D who is still very influential. In fact, this figure is no longer active as a Customs official.

According to him, the practice of corruption in the Customs and Excise Directorate General is not a single case, but part of an old network that continues to survive and adapt.

"There are people who are outside, who may have worked there. Even though they are no longer there, their influence is still 'nempel'," Dinalara said in the discussion quoted on Friday, April 17.

"I give the initials D. What is the relationship? He has moved, but his influence still runs. That's what makes this practice keep repeating," he said.

Dinalara further said that the modus operandi used in the practice, one of which was selling a certain name to increase the value of the request to business actors.

"The method could be selling names. So that the value requested is greater, as if there is a connection with certain parties," he said.

This condition, continued Dinlara, should make the anti-corruption commission move to conduct a thorough investigation. The action should not only target perpetrators in the field but also actors behind the scenes.

"If you just arrest people, it's like putting out a fire on the surface. The source of the fire has never been touched," he explained.

The KPK previously announced six suspects related to alleged bribes and gratuities related to the import of goods at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise after conducting a hand-in-hand operation (OTT) on February 4. One of them is the Director of Enforcement and Investigation of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (P2 DJBC) for the period 2024-2026, Rizal.

In addition to Rizal, the KPK also named five other suspects. They are Sisprian Subiaksono (SIS) as Head of the Subdirectorate of Intelligence, Enforcement and Investigation of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Kasubdit Intel P2 DJBC); Orlando Hamonangan (ORL) as Head of the Intelligence Section of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Kasi Intel DJBC); John Field (JF) as owner of PT Blueray (BR); Andri as Head of the Import Documents Team of PT BR; and Dedy Kurniawan as Operational Manager of PT BR.

The KPK suspects that this case began in October 2025 when Orlando Hamonangan and Sisprian Subiaksono together with John Field, Andri, and Dedy Kurniawan committed a conspiracy. They arranged the planning of the import route of goods that would enter Indonesia.

Furthermore, the KPK announced the Head of the Tax Intelligence Section for Enforcement and Investigation (P2) of the Directorate General of Customs (DJBC) Budiman Bayu Prasojo (BBP) as a new suspect in the case of alleged gratification related to the import of goods.

The announcement was made after the arrest was made at the DJBC headquarters in East Jakarta on Thursday, February 26.

Budiman was arrested for allegedly receiving and managing money from entrepreneurs whose products were subject to taxes and importers since November 2024.

As a result of his actions, Budiman Bayu was then suspected of violating Article 12 B of Law No. 31 of 1999 jo. UU No. 20 of 2001 jo. Article 20 letter c of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code (KUHP).