Admitting to being sick, the witness of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise Import Case was asked by the KPK to cooperate.

Illustration (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) reminded witnesses of alleged bribes and gratuities related to the import of goods at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) to cooperate in meeting the call. Their testimony before investigators is needed to make the case clear.

This was conveyed by KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo who initially explained that there were witnesses who did not meet the call on Wednesday, February 18. This figure is Budiman Bayu Prasojo who is an employee of DJBC.

"BPB witnesses did not attend on the grounds of illness," Budi said in a written statement, Thursday, February 19.

Budi said, Budiman Bayu should have undergone an examination at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta. But, because he did not meet the call, investigators will reschedule.

"The KPK appeals that every witness who is summoned and scheduled to be questioned should be cooperative and provide the explanations needed by investigators to make this case clear."

As previously reported, the KPK announced six suspects related to alleged bribes and gratuities related to the import of goods at the Directorate General (Ditjen) of Customs and Excise. One of them is the Director of Enforcement and Investigation of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (P2 DJBC) for the period 2024-2026, Rizal.

In addition to Rizal, the KPK also named five other suspects. They are Sisprian Subiaksono (SIS) as Head of the Subdirectorate of Intelligence, Enforcement and Investigation of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Kasubdit Intel P2 DJBC); Orlando Hamonangan (ORL) as Head of the Intelligence Section of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (Kasi Intel DJBC); John Field (JF) as owner of PT Blueray (BR); Andri as Head of the Import Documents Team of PT BR; and Dedy Kurniawan as Operational Manager of PT BR.

The KPK suspects that this case began in October 2025 when Orlando Hamonangan and Sisprian Subiaksono together with John Field, Andri, and Dedy Kurniawan committed a conspiracy. They arranged the planning of the import route of goods that would enter Indonesia.

This evil agreement is based on the Minister of Finance Regulation. In this policy there are two categories of lanes in the service and supervision of imported goods to determine the level of inspection before being issued from the customs area, namely the green lane which is the lane for the issuance of imported goods without inspection and the red lane with physical inspection of goods.

From this evil agreement, Orlando then ordered his men to adjust the parameters of the red line and follow it up by drafting a rule set at 70 percent.

This rule set was then sent by the Directorate of Enforcement and Investigation to the Directorate of Customs and Excise Information (IKC) to be included in the parameters of the goods inspection machine.

As a result of the conditioning, the goods carried by PT BR were allegedly not subject to a physical examination. So that the goods suspected of being counterfeit, KW, and illegal can enter Indonesia without being checked by Customs officers.

After the conditioning was completed, there was a transfer of money from PT BR to the parties in DJBC in the period December 2025 to February 2026 in a number of locations. The receipt is carried out regularly every month as a quota for the individuals in DJBC.

As for the hand-in-hand operation (OTT), the KPK secured evidence worth Rp. 40.5 billion in several safe houses or safe houses with details:

1. Cash in the form of Rupiah amounting to Rp1.89 billion;

2. Cash in the form of United States Dollars amounting to USD182,900;

3. Cash in the form of Singapore Dollars amounting to SGD 1.48 million;

4. Cash in the form of Japanese Yen amounting to JPY 550,000;

5. Precious metals weighing 2.5 Kg or equivalent to Rp7.4 billion;

6. Precious metals weighing 2.8 Kg or equivalent to Rp8.3 billion;

7. 1 luxury watch worth Rp138 million.

Then, Rp5 billion in various denominations of currency in five suitcases at the safe house located in Ciputat, South Tangerang was also found. Investigators found the evidence during a search on Friday, February 13.