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Indonesia Probes Alleged Corruption in BRI, Telkom Notification Services

From Tempo · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating alleged corruption involving notification services at state-owned banks BRI and Telkom.
  • The alleged corruption, involving SMS and WhatsApp notifications, could have caused state financial losses of nearly Rp 2 trillion.
  • No suspects have been named yet, but the KPK has previously investigated separate corruption cases at both BRI and Telkom.

Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is probing a potential corruption case involving notification services at two state-owned enterprises, PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) and PT Telkom. The investigation focuses on alleged corruption in the procurement of banking notification services, specifically Short Message Service (SMS) and WhatsApp.

KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo stated that the investigation is proceeding under a general investigation order, but no suspects have been named as of Friday, June 5, 2026. While details remain scarce, the KPK estimates the potential state financial losses from this case could reach nearly Rp 2 trillion.

This investigation into BRI and Telkom's notification services follows previous corruption probes involving both companies. The KPK has previously investigated the procurement of Electronic Data Capture (EDC) machines at BRI, leading to five suspects. Additionally, in 2024, the KPK investigated alleged corruption in IT hardware procurement at PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (Telkom) Group for the 2017-2018 fiscal year, estimating state losses in the billions of rupiah.

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Originally published by Tempo in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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