2 Porsche 911 to 3 Harley Davidson Brought by the KPK from Silmy Karim's House in Kebayoran 

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has completed searching the house of former Deputy Minister of Immigration and Corrections (Imipas) Silmy Karim in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta today. A number of evidence related to alleged extortion regarding residence permits for foreign nationals (WNA) were brought by investigators, including motor vehicles.

The goods carried consisted of several units of bicycles; 4 units of large motorcycles, three of which were Harley-Davidson; and 5 vespa matic motorcycles. All of them were carried by two different towing trucks.

Then, two luxury cars came out of Silmy's house. Both are known to be Porsche 911 cars, each in red and silver.

The KPK has seized evidence related to alleged extortion regarding residence permits for foreign nationals (WNA) from Silmy Karim's house/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

The goods will then be taken to the State Seized Property Storage House (Rupbasan) Cawang, East Jakarta. This was conveyed by KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo when confirmed about the results of the search at Silmy's house.

"Directly (brought, ed) to Cawang (Rupbasan, ed)," said Budi when confirmed by reporters, Friday, June 5.

Budi has said that this search is indeed aimed at finding evidence of alleged corruption revealed from the hand-in-hand operation (OTT) on Wednesday, June 3.

The KPK previously named eight suspects from a hand-in-hand operation (OTT) related to the residence permits of foreign nationals (WNA) in the environment of the Ministry of Immigration and Correction on Wednesday, June 3. The details are as follows:

1. Wamen Imipas 2025-2026 who is also Director General (Dirjen) Imipas 2023-2024 Silmy Karim; 2. Acting Director General of Immigration 2024-2025 Saffar Muhammad Godam; 3. Head of the Regional Office (Kakanwil) of the Directorate General of Immigration West Java who previously served as Director of Residence Permits and Immigration Status of the Immigration Directorate Jaya Saputra; 4. Sub-Directorate of Residence Permit Status in the Directorate of Residence Permits and Immigration Status of the Immigration Directorate Tessar Bayu Setyaji; 5. Sub-Directorate in the Directorate of Residence Permits Bagus Bramantyo; 6. Head of the Central Jakarta Immigration Office 2024-2025 and Head of the Class I Immigration Office for Non-TPI West Jakarta 2025-2026 Ronald Arman Abdullah; 7. Chairman of the ITAS Status Transfer Team Juniadi Sri Priambudi; and 8. Staff of the Residence Permit Sub-Directorate Gusti Benardiansyah.

The KPK has seized evidence related to alleged extortion regarding residence permits for foreign nationals (WNA) from Silmy Karim's house/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

Silmy is said to have received money from extortion of the management of residence permits for foreign nationals (WNA) since the Director General of Immigration for the period 2023-2024. He even continued to receive it even though he had been sworn in as Deputy Minister of Immigration and Corrections (Imipas).

The receipt made by Silmy was worth Rp. 100 million per week. As a result of his actions, he and seven other suspects were suspected of violating Article 12 letter e and/or Article 12B of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crimes Jo. Article 20 letter c of Law No. 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code.