Indonesia Appoints New Immigration Officials After Corruption Sting

Indonesia's Directorate General of Immigration has appointed new leaders for its West Java Regional Office and the West Jakarta Immigration Office. Hendarsam Marantoko, the Director General, officiated the appointments on Monday, June 22, installing Syahrioma Delavino as the new Head of the West Java Regional Office and Rakha Sukma Purnama as the Head of the West Jakarta Immigration Office.

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This appointment is not just a rotation of positions, but part of an effort to improve. We ensure that the ongoing legal process becomes a momentum to strengthen the integrity and governance of the organization.

These appointments come after the previous officials holding these positions were apprehended in an anti-corruption sting operation by the KPK (Corruption Eradication Commission). Hendarsam emphasized that this is not merely a reshuffling of positions but a crucial step in reforming the immigration service's governance. He stated that the ongoing legal process serves as a momentum to bolster the organization's integrity and management.

The Directorate General is committed to using these dynamics as a foundation for improvement, directly impacting public service quality. Beyond strengthening leadership, the agency has implemented quick wins in response to evaluations. These include streamlining business processes for immigration services, particularly for residency permit applications, to enhance efficiency and user convenience. Efforts also focus on strengthening internal oversight, expediting responses to public complaints, improving task execution monitoring, and reinforcing the integrity of its personnel.

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We want to ensure that the public truly feels the change. Improvement must not stop at internal processes or ceremonies, but must be reflected in services that are increasingly fast, transparent, and accountable.

Hendarsam stressed that public trust is paramount and that the newly appointed officials bear significant responsibility for ensuring immigration services are efficient, clean, and community-oriented. The appointments also included new heads for regional offices in Banten, East Kalimantan, Yogyakarta, West Sumatra, Bangka Belitung, East Nusa Tenggara, Southeast Sulawesi, North Maluku, Bengkulu, and Maluku, as well as the Head of the Central Immigration Detention Center in Tanjung Pinang. The Director General highlighted that leadership transformation is a collective effort to cultivate a culture of integrity and professionalism throughout the organization.

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Public trust is the main thing we must maintain. Therefore, every official appointed today has a great responsibility to ensure that immigration services run well, cleanly, and are oriented towards the interests of the community.