KPK Cecar Biro Jasa Soal Dugaan Pemerasan di Loket Kanim Ngurah Rai dan Denpasar 

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating alleged extortion at the Immigration office counter to handle foreign citizen residence permits (WNA) through two witnesses today. This practice is said to have occurred in the Ngurah Rai and Denpasar areas, Bali.

The two witnesses who were examined were Ni Komang Bastarian as a staff of PT Bali Soft and a self-employed person named I Gusti Ngurah Putu Atmadja.

"Witnesses are present. Investigators are investigating the testimony of the two witnesses as a service bureau regarding the alleged request for money other than official payments in accordance with the PNBP tariff," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters through his written statement, Friday, June 26.

Budi said these two witnesses were examined at the Denpasar Police, Bali. From the request for information, the KPK suspected that extortion was carried out openly at the counter.

"The request for money was made at the Kanim Ngurah Rai and Denpasar counters," he said.

If the residence permit management service bureau does not want to pay, their needs are said by Budi will not be handled.

"If the service bureau does not provide additional money, then the submission file will not be processed, such as the submission of KITAS, KITAP, IKT, or VOA," he said.

On a separate occasion, Budi had mentioned that the amount of the deposit given by the service bureau was varied. "Some of them are worth Rp. 100 thousand to Rp. 2.5 million," he told reporters at the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday evening, June 25.

"This nominal is called dependent on the documents to be handled. "This means there is an act against the law related to the abuse of power which then forces the applicant parties, in this case the service bureau," explained Budi.

Meanwhile, acting (Plt) Achmad Taufik Husein said the extortion money was allegedly flowing into the central Immigration office. The money was allegedly also received by Silmy Karim, the former Wamenimipas who also served as the Director General of Immigration.

"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 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 of Immigration Head of Central Jakarta 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. Immigration Staff Sub-Directorate of Residence 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 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.