Attorney General Office Bars Former Tax Chief and Djarum President Director From Leaving Indonesia Over Corruption Probe
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JAKARTA, Investortrust.id — The Attorney General Office requests on Thursday, Nov 14, 2025 in Jakarta that the Immigration Directorate General under the Ministry of Immigration and Corrections bars five individuals from travelling abroad as investigators pursue a tax corruption case involving alleged misconduct between 2016 and 2020. The order includes former Director General of Taxes Ken Dwijugiasteadi, a move that signals the widening scope of the probe and its impact on senior officials.
Acting Director General of Immigration Yuldi Yusman says the AGO submitted Ken Dwijugiasteadi for the travel ban.
He adds in a written confirmation that the request came directly from prosecutors handling the case.
The AGO also asks immigration authorities to bar four other individuals. They are Djarum President Director Victor Rachmat Hartono, tax consultant Heru Budijanto Prabowo, and two officials from the Directorate General of Taxes, Karl Layman and Bernadette Ning Dijah Prananingrum.
The travel restriction for these four individuals took effect on Friday, Nov 14, 2025 and will remain in place for six months until Thursday, May 14, 2026.
The immigration document states the reason plainly as corruption.
Head of the AGO Legal Information Center Anang Supriatna confirms that prosecutors have asked Immigration to impose the bans. He explains that the move is connected to an ongoing investigation into alleged tax corruption from 2016 to 2020.
"Yes, the Attorney General Office has requested travel bans for several individuals in a case of alleged corruption aimed at reducing corporate tax obligations for the 2016 to 2020 period by certain tax officials at the Directorate of Taxes of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia," Anang says.
Earlier, AGO investigators searched multiple locations tied to the suspected tax violations. "Yes, there was a legal action in the form of searches at several places related to alleged corruption intended to reduce corporate taxpayer obligations for the 2016 to 2020 period," Anang says.
He notes that the case involves certain officials within the Directorate of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance, though he declines to provide details about the timing or locations of the raids. He also indicates that prosecutors have not disclosed the full structure of the alleged corruption scheme.
Anang confirms that the case has moved to the full investigation stage. "Yes, it has entered the investigation phase," he states.