KPK Will Develop Customs Cases from Trial Facts

Acting Director of KPK Investigation Achmad Taufik Husein/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is preparing to develop allegations of bribery in the import environment of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise. The facts in the trial of the boss and senior PT Blueray Cargo, John Field et al as bribeurs will be ammunition.

"Yes, we will do the development-developments," said Acting Director of KPK Investigation Achmad Taufik Husein to reporters at the KPK Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, July 9.

This development, continued Taufik, was carried out after four former officials of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise were tried in the Corruption Court. "So regarding what the development of the investigation is like, we will wait for the development," he said.

"Because that is the final result of the investigation, it will be combined with the results of the trial process related to the giver of JF's brother and friends," continued Taufik.

Taufik ensures that the development of the alleged bribery at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise will not be carried out arbitrarily. The facts obtained during the investigation process and appearing in the trial will be the reference.

"We make sure, we do not target certain people," he said.

As previously reported, a number of names are suspected of enjoying the flow of money from Blueray Cargo as a forwarder in the trial. One of them, Ahmad Dedi as a former official of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise who is said to have received Rp. 30 billion.

Meanwhile, the KPK prosecutor has charged Blueray Cargo boss, John Field, with a sentence of three years in prison. The charge was made because he was found guilty of allegedly giving bribes to a number of officials at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise regarding the import of goods.

In addition, John Field was also ordered to pay a fine of IDR 300 million in lieu of a substitute imprisonment of 100 days.

Meanwhile, for the other two Blueray Cargo executives, namely Dedi Kurniawan Sukolo and Andri, they were sentenced to two years and six months and a fine of Rp. 200 million each, in lieu of 80 days of imprisonment.

The prosecutor said that the three defendants were proven to be legally and convincingly guilty of committing corruption as in the first indictment, violating Article 605 Paragraph (1) letter a of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code and other provisions.

In addition, the prosecutor accused three former officials of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise of the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) of receiving bribes worth Rp65.3 billion. They are Rizal as the Director of Enforcement and Investigation (Dirdakdik) of DJBC for the period 2024-2026, Sisprian Subiaksono as the Head of the Intelligence Subdirectorate of Dirdakdik DJBC for the period 2024-2026, and Orlando Hamonangan as the Head of the Customs Intelligence Section I of Dirdakdik DJBC for the period 2025-2026.