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Indonesia’s KPK searches Djarum and customs offices in Kudus
Indonesia’s anti-corruption commission searched PT Djarum and a customs office in Kudus, Central Java, on Wednesday.
The searches are part of a new investigation into suspected customs wrongdoing, opened in October 2026.
The inquiry follows a bribery case involving imports and logistics company Blueray Cargo, whose owner, John Field, was convicted in an earlier case.
Investigators are examining whether Djarum gave benefits to customs officials in connection with alleged irregularities in cigarette excise duties.
Djarum’s corporate communications manager said he did not know the details behind the search.
No suspect has been named in this new investigation, and the searches were still under way when the commission spoke.
The commission said it would provide an update later.
Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission searched the customs office in Kudus and PT Djarum’s office there on October 28, 2026.
The searches are part of a new phase of an investigation into alleged bribery involving imports and customs.
The commission said one new investigation order is general, with no suspect named under it so far.
Investigators are examining whether PT Djarum made payments to customs officials over alleged irregularities in cigarette excise duties.
The wider case grew out of a February 2026 sting operation involving officials and people from logistics company Blueray Cargo.
- Who
- Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission, known as the KPK, searched the offices.
- What
- It searched the Kudus customs office and PT Djarum’s office as part of an expanded investigation into alleged customs bribery.
- When
- October 28, 2026.
- Where
- Kudus, Central Java, Indonesia.
- Why
- The searches were part of an expanded investigation into alleged bribery involving imports and possible irregularities in cigarette excise duties.
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The KPK carried out a sting operation in the customs bribery case and detained three customs officials and three people from Blueray Cargo.
The alleged bribery payments from private-sector parties to customs officials took place during this period.
The KPK issued two new investigation orders in the wider case, one naming Gatot Heroe as a suspect and one without a named suspect.
The KPK searched the customs office and PT Djarum’s office in Kudus.
- Location
- Kudus, Central Java
- Search date
- October 28, 2026
- Investigating agency
- Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)
- Company searched
- PT Djarum
- Wider case
- Alleged bribery involving imports and customs officials
- Investigation orders
- Two new orders; one had no suspect named
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What people are saying
KPK is expanding its investigation into a case related to customs and excise by issuing a new investigation order in October 2026.
We are still examining everything in this investigation, including whether there is evidence of alleged payments by PT Djarum to customs officials or other matters related to alleged irregularities in cigarette excise.
We do not know the details of the case.