Boss of Blueray Cargo Charged with Bribe to Customs and Excise Directorate General of Rp61 Billion to Give Luxury Goods

JAKARTA - The owner of Blueray Cargo, John Field, is accused of bribing a number of officials in the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) of the Ministry of Finance. He is said to have given money of Rp. 61.3 billion as well as entertainment facilities up to Rp. 1.8 billion worth of luxury goods.

This indictment was read by the Public Prosecutor (JPU) to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) at the Jakarta Tipikor Court, Wednesday, May 6. John Field was charged with Dedy Kurniawan, and Andri.

The officials of the DJBC who are said to have received bribes are Rizal as the former Director of Enforcement and Investigation of the DJBC, the Head of the Subdirectorate of Intelligence of Enforcement and Investigation of the DJBC Sisprian Subiaksono, and the Head of the Intelligence Section of the DJBC Orlando Hamonangan.

"Defendant I John Field as the Head of Blueray Cargo (Group) together with Defendant II Dedy Kurniawan Sukolo as the Manager of Operational Custom Clearance of the Port at Blueray Cargo (Group) and Defendant III Andri as the Head of the Import Documents Team at Blueray Cargo (Group) at the time between July 2025 and January 2026, gave or promised something, namely, has given money in the total amount of IDR 61,301,939,000 in the form of Singapore Dollar (SGD) currency or at least that amount, and the provision in the form of entertainment facilities and luxury goods worth IDR 1,845,000,000 or at least that amount, to officials at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia, namely, including to RIZAL as the Director of Enforcement and Investigation of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia (September 2024 - January 2026)," said KPK Prosecutor Surya Dharma Tanjung in the reading of the indictment.

The bribe was made in order to facilitate the import of goods belonging to Blueray Cargo. With this conditioning, imported goods are said to be able to pass without physical inspection by customs officers so that goods suspected of being counterfeit, KW or illegal can enter without obstacles.

Furthermore, the prosecutor also revealed the alleged conditioning of the rule set targeting system to adjust the red line percentage to certain importers, including Blueray Cargo.

"In the meeting, Defendant I conveyed to Orlando Hamonangan regarding the condition of the delivery of Blueray Cargo (Group) imported goods that entered the red line increased and were affected by dwelling time. Based on the presentation of Defendant I, Orlando Hamonangan conveyed that Defendant I should coordinate with Fillar Marindra. That then to accommodate the request from Defendant I, Orlando Hamonangan ordered Fillar Marindra to compile a rule set targeting with the parameters of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise database which was made by adjusting the percentage of red line to Importers who were considered high risk, one of which was Blueray Cargo (Group)," said the prosecutor.

"In the process, the note of the rule set targeting was approved in stages at the level of the Directorate of Enforcement and Investigation of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia," continued the prosecutor.

The money was given in stages from July 2025 to January 2026. The locations for handing over the money include the DJBC Head Office in Rawamangun, East Jakarta to the Mall of Indonesia.

"In July 2025, at the headquarters of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, Jalan Jenderal Ahmad Yani, Rawamangun, Pulogadung, East Jakarta, Defendant I handed over money totaling Rp8,200,000,000 in the form of Singapore Dollar (SGD) was handed over to Orlando Hamonangan. Of this amount, Rizal received a share of the money of Rp2,000,000,000, Sisprian Subiaksono of Rp1,000,000,000 and Orlando Hamonangan of Rp 450,000,000," said the prosecutor.

For their actions, the defendants were charged with violating Article 606 paragraph (1) letter a of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code in conjunction with the adjustment of criminal law in Law Number 1 of 2026. Then the prosecutor also drafted a second indictment related to the crime of corruption as regulated in Article 606 paragraph (1) of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code.