Gratification Transaction Of Former Makassar Customs Chief Using Cleaning Officer Accounts

Former Head of Makassar Customs and Excise Office Andhi Pramono was accused of alleged gratification at the Corruption Court, Jakarta, Monday, February 26, 2024. (ANTARA PHOTO-Muhammad A)

JAKARTA - Former Head of Makassar Customs and Excise Office Andhi Pramono admitted that he used the accounts of the cleaning staff to security officers to carry out financial transactions that were suspected of receiving gratuities.

This confession began with a question from the public prosecutor (JPU) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) regarding the explanation of a cash deposit entering Andhi's account from a janitor named Taufik Hidayat amounting to Rp160 million.

"Taufik Hidayat is one of the cleaning services at the Jakarta Customs Office. I ask for help to deposit the money," said Andhi during a hearing to examine the alleged receipt of gratuities at the Corruption Court (Tipikor) at the Central Jakarta District Court (PN), Friday.

Andhi explained that at that time he was on duty at the Jakarta Customs Office, precisely in 2020.

Apart from Taufik Hidayat, the KPK prosecutor revealed that there was also cash deposit receipts to an account in Yanto Andar's name worth Rp. 814.5 million during the period from December 6, 2021 to July 15, 2022 when Andhi served as Head of the Makassar Customs and Excise Office.

Regarding the transaction, Andhi said that the account in Yanto Andar's name was a new account that he asked his friend for business transactions with the private sector, namely Sia Leng Salem.

"So, I conveyed this account to Mr. Salem to receive the remaining businesses in Singapore. So, Mr. Salem was sent to Yanto Andar's account," he said.

Previously, the KPK prosecutor accused Andhi Pramono of receiving gratuities worth a total of IDR 58.9 billion from a number of parties related to the management of import customs. The funds are allegedly received through various accounts, both Andhi's personal accounts and others.

Andhi was charged with the gratification article, namely Article 12B of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

Andhi's indictment stems from the KPK investigation into a viral video of Andhi Pramono on social media that seems to show off the wealth of a luxury house in the Cibubur area, East Jakarta, early 2023.