Assets found in concealed safes
Indonesian police conducting a series of corruption and money-laundering searches found 74 kilograms of gold and substantial holdings in several currencies on July 8, 2026, according to local reports citing the National Police’s Anti-Corruption Corps, known as Kortastipidkor.
Kortastipidkor and the Jakarta Police’s Special Crimes Directorate searched 12 locations from Wednesday into early Thursday. The operations concerned three investigations: alleged irregularities in coal procurement for state-owned electricity producer PLN, matters involving state insurers Asabri and Asuransi Jiwasraya, and a debt settlement involving Caturbangun Sarana and Krakatau Niaga Indonesia.
At De’Clan Signature Cafe in South Jakarta and a nearby money changer, investigators located a two-metre steel safe hidden behind a display and set into a wall. Police found approximately SGD 3.13 million, $889,965 and Rp 259 million there, which the Jakarta Globe valued at nearly Rp 60 billion in total. A separate South Jakarta money changer yielded foreign currency worth another Rp 7.2 billion. Documents, phones and other electronic material were also seized.
A later search of a house in Sentul, Bogor Regency, produced the largest reported find. Inspector General Totok Suharyanto said officers opened a locked safe containing seven suitcases. Tempo reported that these held 74 kilograms of gold, $4,767,300, SGD 14,083,800 and Rp 100 million. Totok put the combined value of the material at about Rp 476 billion. Police also collected documents, mobile phones and family photographs thought to be associated with the property or the assets, but Totok did not identify their owner.
The wider searches included company offices and private residences in West, North, Central and South Jakarta, as well as South Tangerang. Police were treating the confiscated property as potential evidence rather than announcing that its ownership or criminal origin had been established.
The coal inquiry concerns supplies to state-owned power plants and alleged conduct dating to 2018. Investigators suspect that records describing coal quality and quantity were manipulated and that payments did not correspond with volumes actually delivered. Police estimated that the alleged conduct may have cost the state around Rp 5 trillion, approximately $278 million, and may have contributed to power outages in parts of Indonesia. Those assessments remain allegations within an early-stage investigation.
Totok said authorities had gathered documents, questioned witnesses and begun analysing evidence. As of the searches, police had not identified suspects or filed criminal charges.
The operations also attracted attention when armed military personnel were observed guarding the home of Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes Febrie Adriansyah. The Jakarta Globe reported that neither the military nor the Attorney General’s Office had publicly explained that security presence.
