The seizure of IDR 2 billion from the chief executive of state railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) has sparked public confusion, forcing the Corruption Eradication Commission to clarify a timeline that stretches back to the previous year. detikNews reported that KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo addressed the swirling media reports on Friday, November 6, 2026, confirming that the funds linked to KAI President Director Bobby Rasyidin were actually taken into custody much earlier.
The Timeline of the IDR 2 Billion Seizure
The anti-graft agency stated that investigators seized the IDR 2 billion from Bobby during an interrogation session in August 2025, long before recent headlines suggested an active, ongoing raid against the current KAI boss. According to the KPK, Bobby handed over the funds cooperatively during his appearance as a witness, well before he assumed his current role at the state railway company, when he was serving as the leader of PT Len Industri. Bobby was specifically summoned by the KPK as a witness in the SPBU digitalization corruption case on August 14, 2025, during his tenure as President Director of PT Len Industri from 2021 to 2025. Budi noted that the IDR 2 billion returned by Bobby originated from one of the suspects.
Bobby himself pushed back strongly against the recent media framing. Lewat keterangan tertulis di sela-sela kegiatannya melakukan inspeksi keselamatan pelintasan sebidang kereta api di Yogyakarta, Bobby menyatakan bahwa pemberitaan mengenai penyitaan uangnya tidaklah benar dan membuatnya merasa sedih. He was in Yogyakarta to carry out safety inspections at several level crossings ahead of the 2026 Christmas and 2027 New Year transport period.
Untangling the Fuel Station Digitalization Scandal
The money is tied to an ongoing corruption investigation into the digitalization of state oil and gas giant PT Pertamina (Persero)’s public refueling stations, running from 2018 through 2023. Bloomberg Technoz outlined how the project, valued at a maximum of Rp 3,6 triliun, aimed to monitor fuel stocks in real time and tightly manage subsidized fuel distribution.
Investigators uncovered deep-seated vendor manipulation during the procurement of Electronic Data Capture (EDC) devices and Automatic Tank Gauge (ATG) systems. Kompas detailed how vendor selection was allegedly rigged through single-vendor conditioning, involving meetings between former corporate executives and favored contractors. Before procurement began at PT Telkom, Dian Rachmawan met with prospective vendors in September 2018 regarding Electronic Data Capture requirements for cashless payments and Automatic Tank Gauge devices to measure fuel volume automatically and transmit data to a center. Elvizar, owner of PT Pasifik Cipta Solusi, engineered his company’s selection by lobbying Telkom directors and subsidiaries, allegedly giving about IDR 2 billion to PT ASK to make them withdraw from the vendor selection process so PT PCS became the sole EDC provider under Weriza’s direction. Dian Rachmawan, through Weriza, asked a subsidiary to appoint a specific vendor to make the procurement merely a formality.
The state auditing agency, the Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan (BPK), calculated total state financial losses stemming from the ATG equipment procurement and inflated EDC pricing at Rp 193,75 miliar and Rp 128,42 miliar, while the pengaturan pengkondisian by the suspects caused kerugian negara Rp 322,18 miliar. The scandal has already ensnared three high-profile figures.
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Closing in on the Main Suspects
The KPK formally detained three individuals connected to the scandal in August 2026: Dian Rachmawan, who served as Director of Enterprise and Business Service at PT Telkom Indonesia from 2017 to 2019; Weriza, former Senior General Manager of Strategic Sourcing Operation Procurement at Telkom; and Elvizar, owner of PT Pasifik Cipta Solusi.
Sementara itu, uang yang telah disita tersebut tengah dianalisis oleh KPK guna membongkar utuh konstruksi aliran dana dari para tersangka.
