Customs Trial: Ahmad Dedi Denies Ever Being Special Staff for BIN or Menko Polkam

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) employee Ahmad Dedi denied ever serving as a special staff member for the Head of the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) or the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs (Menko Polkam).

Initially, the prosecutor questioned Ahmad Dedi about statements in the official examination report (BAP) that claimed he had been special staff at BIN and Kemenko Polkam.

"Have you ever been special staff to the Head of BIN?" asked the prosecutor.

"Never, Sir," Ahmad Dedi replied.

The prosecutor asked similarly about his supposed position as special staff to the Menko Polkam.

"Never, Sir," Dedi said.

Ahmad Dedi made these statements while testifying as a witness in the trial concerning allegations of bribery and gratuities within DJBC, involving former Customs Intelligence Section Head Orlando Hamonangan as the defendant, at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Friday (18/9/2026).

The prosecutor then asked Dedi to explain why information identifying him as special staff to BIN and Kemenko Polkam appeared in the BAP.

Dedi said that information originated from circulating accounts.

However, he emphasized that he never held such positions.

"Based on my facts, I have never been special staff. I never received any salary as special staff. So, thus, I am not special staff," Dedi stated.

He also stressed never having received an assignment letter or official task order (SPT) to work as special staff in either institution.

"There has never been an assignment letter or SPT for duties at these two places," said Dedi.

The prosecutor then inquired whether Dedi possessed any identity card (ID card) as special staff for BIN or Kemenko Polkam.

"No, Sir," he answered.