JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) examined one witness related to alleged bribes and gratuities related to the import of goods at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) today, February 23. He is Budiman Bayu Prasojo who is a DJBC employee who was ill and did not meet the call last week.
"BPB witnesses are present to meet the investigators' call, rescheduling from the previous call," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters, Monday, February 23.
Budi has not detailed the material investigated by this witness. Budiman Bayu is said to have come to the Red and White KPK building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta at 10.58 WIB.
"Currently, the person concerned is still undergoing examination," he said.
For information, Budiman Bayu's figure was caught in a hand-catching operation (OTT) on February 4, along with dozens of other people, including Salisa Asmoaji who is also an employee of DJBC. However, the two were released and only had the status of a witness.
Even so, investigators have examined Salisa on Wednesday, February 18. At that time, he was investigated about the mechanism of customs work.
Meanwhile, based on the information obtained, the KPK plans to develop the alleged bribery and gratification of imports at DJBC. This step was taken after investigators searched a safe house or safe house in the Ciputat area, South Tangerang on Friday, February 13.
From this search, investigators found Rp5 billion in various denominations of currency in five different suitcases.
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.
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