KPK Investigates Money Flow in the Silmy Karim Case, Checks Honorer Employees of the Directorate General of Immigration and Toyota Dealer Leadership

The Jakarta Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building (ANTARA photo)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned two witnesses related to the alleged extortion of residence permits for foreign nationals (WNA) that ensnared former Deputy Minister of Immigration and Corrections (Imipas) Silmy Karim today, July 14. One of them is Yogie Afryallah Mahardika who is an honorary employee of the Immigration Directorate General.

"The examination was carried out at the KPK's Merah Putih building," KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo told reporters, Tuesday, July 14.

Apart from Yogie, the anti-corruption commission also summoned the leader of the Toyota Setiajaya Parung dealer. "Or who represents," said Budi.

The materials that will be investigated by investigators in this examination have not been detailed. However, the anti-corruption commission stated that it would continue to investigate the origin of the money that had been searched and found in the hand-in-hand operation (OTT) some time ago.

Meanwhile, investigators had found money in Silmy Karim's work area during a post-operation silent search.

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) 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 the Director of Residence Permits and Immigration Status of the Immigration Directorate Jaya Saputra; 4. Sub-Directorate of Residence Permit Status in the Directorate of Residence Permits and Immigration Status of the Immigration Directorate Tessar Bayu Setyaji; 5. Sub-Directorate in the Directorate of Residence Permits Bagus Bramantyo; 6. Head of the Central Jakarta Immigration Office 2024-2025 and Head of the Class I Immigration Office for Non-TPI West Jakarta 2025-2026 Ronald Arman Abdullah; 7. Chairman of the ITAS Status Transfer Team Juniadi Sri Priambudi; and 8. Residence Permit Staff Gusti Benardiansyah.

During the silent operation, the KPK 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 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 Silalahi was suspected of violating Article 12 letter e and/or Article 12 of Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the eradication of corruption. Jo. Article 20 letter c of Law No. 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code.