KPK Finds Gold and Foreign Exchange of IDR 2 Billion in the Safe Deposit Box of a Customs Suspect

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) searched a safe deposit box suspected to belong to Rizal as the Director of Enforcement and Investigation of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (P2 DJBC) for the period 2024-2026 on Monday, April 20. The results, investigators seized a number of items such as precious metals to foreign exchange (foreign exchange) money with a value of up to Rp. 2 billion.

"In the SDB suspected to belong to the suspect RZ, the investigators secured and seized precious metals, foreign exchange dollars and ringgit, as well as rupiah money with a total value of around Rp2 billion," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters through a written statement quoted Wednesday, April 22.

Budi said the safe deposit box was found by investigators at a bank in Medan City. The search was to investigate the alleged bribery of the import of goods in the Customs and Excise Directorate General, which ensnared Rizal.

"The search is an effort to strengthen the evidence needed in the investigation of this case as well as a progressive initial step in asset recovery efforts," he said.

As previously reported, the KPK 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).