KPK Emphasizes Viral Photo of a Pile of Foreign Exchange Money is Not the Result of a Search of Silmy Karim's House

KPK spokesperson, Budi Prasetyo. VOI/Wardhany Tsa Tsia

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has clarified information circulating on social media regarding a pile of foreign currency money associated with the search of the house of the former Deputy Minister of Immigration and Corrections (Imipas) Silmy Karim on Friday, June 5.

KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo confirmed that the photo of the room full of foreign exchange was not from the search for Silmy's house in the Kebayoran Baru area, South Jakarta.

"We straightened it out, the photo of a pile of foreign exchange money that is widely circulated on social media is not part of the KPK's active search at SK's house," said Budi in a written statement quoted on Monday, June 8.

A number of accounts uploaded the results of the search at Silmy Karim's house who is now a suspect in the extortion and gratification of residence permits for foreign nationals (WNA) case. In addition to photos of a Porsche 911 car and a Harley Davidson motorcycle, they uploaded another picture of a bedroom filled with money in various denominations.

This foreign currency money is piled up on the mattress to the shelf. Still on the same photo, there is a small table showing various motorcycle keys.

The KPK previously named eight suspects from a hand-in-hand operation (OTT) related to the residence permits of foreign nationals (WNA) in the environment of the Ministry of Immigration and Correction on Wednesday, June 3. The details are as follows:



1. Wamen Imipas 2025-2026 who is also the Director General (Dirjen) of Imipas 2023-2024 Silmy Karim;


2. Acting Director General of Immigration 2024-2025 Saffar Muhammad Godam;


3. Head of the Regional Office (Kakanwil) of the Directorate General of Immigration West Java who previously served as Director of Residence Permits and Immigration Status of the Directorate General of Immigration Jaya Saputra;


4. Sub-Directorate of Change of Status of Residence at the Directorate of Residence Permits and Immigration Status of the Directorate General of Immigration, Tessar Bayu Setyaji;


5. Kasubdit at the Directorate of Residence Permits Bagus Bramantyo;


6. Head of the Central Jakarta Immigration Office 2024-2025 and Head of the Special Class I Immigration Office for Non-TPI West Jakarta 2025-2026 Ronald Arman Abdullah;


7. Head of the ITAS Status Change Team, Juniadi Sri Priambudi; and


8. Staff of the Sub-Directorate Izin Tinggal Gusti Benardiansyah.

In the silent operation, the anti-corruption commission team seized evidence worth Rp. 17.5 billion. The details are 7 units of cars, 15 units of motorcycles, 11 units of bicycles, balances in bank accounts and crypto asset accounts, as well as a number of foreign currencies.

Then, the KPK also seized other evidence, including several units of bicycles; 4 large motor units, three of which are Harley-Davidson; 2 red and silver Porsche 911 cars; and 5 vespa matic motorcycles from Silmy Karim's house in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta on Friday, June 5. All of these items were taken to the State Seized Property Storage House (Rupbasan) Cawang, East Jakarta.

Silmy is said to have received money from the extortion of the management of residence permits for foreign nationals (WNA) since the Director General of Immigration for the period 2023-2024. He even continued to receive it even though he had been sworn in as Deputy Minister of Immigration and Corrections (Imipas).

The receipt made by Silmy was worth Rp. 100 million per week. As a result of his actions, he and seven other suspects were suspected of violating Article 12 letter e and/or Article 12B of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crimes Jo. Article 20 letter c of Law No. 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code.