Deepening the Case of Import Bribery at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise is Considered to Be Done But According to the Facts of the Trial

JAKARTA - The handling of alleged bribes for the import of goods in the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) is considered insufficient if it only stops at technical perpetrators or parties suspected of distributing money. Law enforcement, such as the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is asked to conduct an in-depth investigation according to the facts revealed in the trial.

"This case is a momentum for the Prosecutor's Office or the KPK to sneak in with its coordination and supervision to help make it clear. APH needs to immediately expand the investigation and investigation," said Lecturer of Criminal Law at Trisakti University, Azmi Syahputra to reporters quoted on Saturday, May 30.

Azmi said that the investigation of the case was not enough to highlight the parties suspected of handing over or distributing envelopes. The search must be expanded to the flow of funds, patterns of communication, and the possibility of the involvement of other parties who are suspected of knowing or enjoying the results of criminal acts.

"APH is obliged to track where the final downstream of the funds goes and also withdraw the offense of participation in this alleged case," he said.

According to him, there are already legal instruments that can be used such as participation delicts and money laundering (TPPU). However, Azmi reminded that all allegations that develop must still be proven legally because public opinion and internal terms cannot be used as a basis for concluding someone's involvement.

"It is impossible for the list of bribery codes in an institution as large as Customs to run smoothly without approval, knowledge, protection or the flow of funds upwards. But all of that still has to be proven legally," he said.

Azmi also highlighted the possibility of supervision problems if the fact of using the position to legitimize the distribution of money to certain parties is found.

"When the position is used to legitimize a list of bribery codes for certain high-ranking positions, there is a fact of failed supervision. It is impossible that a logistics system for cargo bribery runs massively without the 'green light' from the highest authority holder," he explained.

"If it is true and proven that money flows upwards, then the status of mens rea or evil intent of the parties concerned can be held criminally responsible. But again, everything must be proven objectively and professionally in court," Azmi continued.

As previously reported, the case of alleged bribery of PT Blueray Cargo imports is currently still rolling at the Jakarta Corruption Court. The company's top officials were accused of giving money and luxury facilities to officials at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise to facilitate the conditioning of the import route for goods.

Meanwhile, the lawyer for PT Blueray Cargo, Dinalara Dermawati Butar-butar, doubted that the brown envelope with the code "Code 1" or "Sales 2-1 DIR" was actually received by the Director General (Dirjen) of Customs and Excise Djaka Budhi Utama as revealed in the trial.

"If you ask me, it could not be up to that. Because based on the testimony at the trial, the money for number one always goes through number two. Does number two hand it over to number one? We don't know," Dinalara told reporters in Bogor, Monday, May 25, 2026.

Dinalara also said that the three Blueray Cargo leaders never handed over the envelope directly to the party referred to as "number one".

"My client has never had direct contact with number 1 (Director General of Customs). The HP number also does not know. Communication has never been," he concluded.