JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested Budiman Bayu Prasojo as an employee of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) today. The arrest was made at his office and intensive examination is currently being carried out.
"Regarding the case at the Customs, that from the development of the investigation of this case, the KPK today appointed a new suspect, namely brother BPP," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters at the KPK Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, February 26.
"BPP was arrested at the headquarters of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise in the Jakarta area, and then immediately taken to the Red and White KPK Building
"The arrest was made at around 16.00 and is currently being intensively examined by investigators," he continued.
Budi said Bayu was arrested in connection with gratification. He said the determination of the suspect had been carried out according to procedure.
"The determination of the BPP suspect is from the examination of a number of suspects and other related parties who were asked for information by investigators, as well as a series of searches carried out," he said.
In addition, the finding of Rp5 billion in five suitcases was also said by Budi to be the basis for the KPK to name Budiman as a suspect.
The findings were obtained from a safe house in the Ciputat area, South Tangerang some time ago.
"In the results of the search, the investigators then investigated from the witnesses who were asked for information, where the money came from and what it was for, that's it. So then the KPK appointed BPP as a new suspect in this case," he said.
Budiman Bayu is known to have been examined by investigators on Monday, February 23. He was investigated for several things, including regarding the authority held by the Directorate of Enforcement and Investigation (DitP2) of the DJBC.
Quoted from several sources, the DJBC's DitP2 has a series of tasks such as supervision, intelligence, and preventive and punitive operations for violations of customs and tax rules. This unit is also responsible for repelling the entry of illegal goods, including those with false taxes, smuggling, and others.
As previously reported, the KPK announced six suspects related to alleged bribes and gratuities related to the import of goods at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise after conducting a hand-in-hand operation (OTT) on February 4. 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; and
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.
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