KPK Opens Opportunity to Re-examine Customs Official Ahmad Dedi Related to Money Flow

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) opened the opportunity to re-examine the Deputy Customs Officer at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise of the Ministry of Finance, Ahmad Dedi. Ahmad Dedi's name had previously gone viral on social media after being caught running away from journalists after undergoing an examination at the anti-corruption building on Friday, May 8.

KPK spokesman, Budi Prasetyo, emphasized that the opportunity for re-examination is very wide open for the investigation team. This step is necessary to further explore the legal facts that continue to develop in the investigation process.

"Yes, of course, it is possible for investigators to do that," said Budi Prasetyo at the KPK's Red and White Building, Jakarta, quoted, Thursday, June 17.

Budi explained that the opportunity to re-examine Ahmad Dedi was open because the KPK received new information and information from other witnesses regarding the alleged flow of money in the corruption case in the Customs environment. The testimony was considered crucial so that it required direct clarification from the person concerned.

"There is a number of information or information from other witnesses that explains the alleged flow of money, so from the information it certainly needs to be confirmed," said Budi.

One of the witnesses who provided important information regarding this money flow was Blueray Cargo's non-litigation authority, Iskandar HP Sitorus (IS). IS's testimony is needed by investigators to clearly dismantle the modus operandi and the agreement behind the alleged bribes from the private sector to individuals at the Customs.

"This information or information from IS is of course needed by investigators to be able to uncover how the construction of the alleged bribery case was carried out by individuals at PT BR (Blueray Cargo) to parties at the Directorate General of Customs," he continued.

This case itself began with the Operation Catch the Hand (OTT) held by the KPK in the Customs Directorate General on February 4, 2026. A day later, the KPK immediately named six people as suspects in the case of alleged bribery and gratification related to the import of counterfeit goods or KW in the Customs environment.

The suspects are the Director of Customs Enforcement and Investigation for the period 2024-January 2026 who also served as Head of the West Sumatra Customs Regional Office, Rizal; Head of the Intelligence Sub Directorate of Customs Enforcement and Investigation, Sisprian Subiaksono; and Head of the Customs Intelligence Section, Orlando Hamonangan.

Apart from the ministry's internal affairs, the KPK also ensnared private parties from Blueray Cargo, namely the owner John Field, Import Documentation Team Chairman Andri, and Operations Manager Dedy Kurniawan. The investigation then developed on February 26, 2026 with the establishment of a new suspect, namely the Head of the Customs Directorate for Customs Intelligence and Investigation, Budiman Bayu Prasojo.

The KPK then moved to confiscate cash worth Rp5.19 billion in five suitcases from a safe house in Ciputat, South Tangerang, which was suspected of being related to the tax management case.

The case is getting hotter after three Blueray Cargo executives underwent their first trial as defendants on May 6, 2026. In the prosecutor's indictment, the name of Director General of Customs Djaka Budi Utama emerged because it was said to have held a meeting with cargo entrepreneurs at a hotel in Jakarta in July 2025 with the other suspects.

In fact, the KPK Prosecutor General revealed that the Director General of Customs and Excise, Djaka Budi Utama, was suspected of receiving bribes of up to 213,600 Singapore dollars. This suspicion was strengthened by the defendant John Field's confession at the trial on June 12, 2026, who frankly had poured money up to Rp. 21 billion to the Director General of Customs and Excise.