KPK Investigates Again the Customs Director General Officer Salisa Asmoaji

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has again examined Salisa Asmoaji, an employee of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise. He will be questioned as a witness to the alleged bribe revealed through a hand-in-hand operation (OTT).

"The examination was carried out at the KPK's Merah Putih building," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters through his written statement, Monday, May 4.

Salisa has fulfilled the call since 09.05 WIB at the KPK office. Budi has not detailed the material that was investigated from this figure.

Salisa was also questioned on Thursday, April 9 and Wednesday, February 18. At that time, investigators investigated a cigarette entrepreneur who allegedly gave money to officials at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise.

This investigation is an expansion of the case of bribery in the import of goods which was revealed from a silent operation some time ago. Currently, the KPK is known to be investigating alleged bribery related to cigarette taxes and bribes from forwarders.

The KPK previously suspected that there were cigarette manufacturers who gave bribes to the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) to circumvent taxes from Central Java and East Java. The findings were obtained after Budiman Bayu Prasojo as Head of the Tax Intelligence Section of P2 DJBC was named a suspect and detained on Friday, February 27.

This determination is an expansion of the hand-in-hand operation (OTT) on February 4. At that time, six suspects were announced, one of which was the Director of Enforcement and Investigation of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (P2 DJBC) for the period 2024-2026, Rizal.

Then, it was also determined as a suspect, namely Sisprian Subiaksono (SIS) as Head of the Sub Directorate 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 cigarette entrepreneurs are suspected of buying tax tape at a lower rate in large quantities. In fact, there is a difference in tariffs for the results of manual home industry products and using machines.