The Importation Bribery Case Involving Blueray Cargo Is Evaluated to Uncover Alleged Informal Structures at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise

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JAKARTA - The alleged bribery and gratification of the import of goods involving PT Blueray Cargo as a forwarder is not just a matter of money flow and officials who are dragged into the trial. The case is considered to open the alleged systemic problems in the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC).

Gautama Wiranegara Intelligence Counter Analysis Specialist assessed the patterns that emerged in this case showed symptoms of systemic control failure.

"If all of these cases are read from the perspective of SPIP and the audit pattern, what is seen is the failure of systemic control," Gautama told reporters quoted on Monday, May 25.

Gautama said that the indication was seen from the dominant role of technical operators, weak digital audits to the strength of informal communication channels in the import management process.

He also highlighted the emergence of a number of names that keep repeating in the trial. Starting from Rizal, Orlando Hamonangan, Sisprian Subiaksono to relations with forwarder parties.

For Gautama, the pattern shows the possibility of informal operational structures running under the official DJBC system.

"The names that keep coming up show that the possibility of an informal operational structure has been living for too long under the formal structure of the DJBC," he said.

If the allegations are true, he said, then the Blueray Cargo case could be only a small part of a larger problem in the governance of national import supervision. So a situation like that makes any leader at the top of the institution potentially boarded if the informal structure is more dominant than the official system.

"If that's true, whoever the Director General is will be very easy to ride," he said.

Therefore, he assessed that law enforcement was not enough to just dismantle the individuals involved. More importantly, he said, is to unravel the mechanisms and patterns that make such practices able to last long in the internal institutions.

Because, if the root of the problem is not touched, similar patterns are believed to continue to emerge with different actors and names.

The case of the alleged bribery of PT Blueray Cargo imports is currently still rolling at the Jakarta Corruption Court. A number of DJBC officials and senior executives of PT Blueray Cargo were charged with receiving and providing money and luxury facilities to facilitate the conditioning of the import route for goods.

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.

Furthermore, the KPK announced the Head of the Tax Intelligence Section for Enforcement and Investigation (P2) of the Directorate General of Customs (DJBC) Budiman Bayu Prasojo (BBP) as a new suspect in the case of alleged gratification related to the import of goods. The announcement was made after the arrest was made at the DJBC headquarters in East Jakarta on Thursday, February 26.

Furthermore, the KPK announced the Head of the Tax Intelligence Section for Enforcement and Investigation (P2) of the Directorate General of Customs (DJBC) Budiman Bayu Prasojo (BBP) as a new suspect in the case of alleged gratification related to the import of goods. The announcement was made after the arrest was made at the DJBC headquarters in East Jakarta on Thursday, February 26.

Budiman was arrested for allegedly receiving and managing money from entrepreneurs whose products were subject to taxes and importers since November 2024. As a result of his actions, he is suspected of violating Article 12 B of Law No. 31 of 1999 jo. UU No. 20 of 2001 jo. Article 20 letter c of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code (KUHP).