KPK Suspects There Is a Deposit from the Denpasar Immigration Office to Silmy Karim

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that there was a deposit of money from the Immigration Class I TPI Denpasar office to the former Deputy Minister of Immigration and Corrections (Imipas) Silmy Karim who had served as the Director General of Immigration.

This was conveyed by Acting Head (Plt) Ahmad Taufik Husein when asked about the search that had been carried out at the Immigration Class I TPI Denpasar, Bali on Friday, June 19. The forced effort is related to the alleged extortion of residence permits for foreign nationals (WNA).

"There is a suspicion that the collection from Kanim Bali will be deposited to the center," Taufik told reporters in a written statement, Thursday, June 25.

Even so, Taufik is not willing to reveal how much the deposit was given. He said, investigators continue to deepen through the evidence found.

"The amount of deposits and service bureaus is being worked on by the investigation team, later (will be informed, ed), yes," he said.

Meanwhile, in a separate statement, KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo said investigators were investigating deposits by the service bureau to the Ngurah Rai and Denpasar Immigration offices. This step was taken by examining six witnesses at the Denpasar Police, Bali, Thursday, June 25.

The six witnesses were I Gede Arya Wijaya as the Director of CV Visa Agung Bali; Ni Luh Gede Ratih Wijayastuti who is the Operational Staff of CV Visa Agung Bali; Santika Dewi as the Financial Staff of CV Visa Agung Bali; Marcellena Nirmala Chrisna Moeri who is a Freelancer; Agnes Natalia Tanuwijaya as a Freelancer; and Audria Rama Dhani who is the Staff of PT Bali Soft.

"All witnesses were present. Investigators are investigating the alleged deposit by the service bureaus to individuals in Kanim Ngurah Rai and Denpasar, which is not in accordance with the PNBP tariff," said Budi.

"Where if the service bureau does not deposit the money at the service counter, the KITAS, KITAP, or other permit processing files will be complicated and not 'clicked'," he continued.

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 the Director General (Dirjen) of 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 Directorate General of Immigration Jaya Saputra;

4. Sub-Directorate of Change of Status of Residence at the Directorate of Residence Permits and Immigration Status of the Directorate General of Immigration, Tessar Bayu Setyaji;

5. Kasubdit at the Directorate of Residence Permits Bagus Bramantyo;

6. Head of the Central Jakarta Immigration Office 2024-2025 and Head of the Special Class I Immigration Office for Non-TPI West Jakarta 2025-2026 Ronald Arman Abdullah;

7. Head of the ITAS Status Change Team, Juniadi Sri Priambudi; and

8. Staff of the Sub-Directorate Izin Tinggal Gusti Benardiansyah.

During the silent operation, the KPK team seized evidence worth Rp. 17.5 billion. The details are 7 units of cars, 15 units of motorcycles, 11 units of bicycles, balances in bank accounts and crypto asset accounts, as well as a number of foreign currencies.

Then, the KPK also seized several units of bicycles; 4 large motor units, three of which are Harley-Davidson; 2 red and silver Porsche 911 cars; and 5 vespa matic motorcycles from Silmy Karim's house in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta on Friday, June 5. All of these items were taken to the State Seized Property Storage House (Rupbasan) Cawang, East Jakarta.

Silmy is said to have received money from the 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.