CLOSED DUE TO CORRUPTION AND TORTURE TO INVESTORS

Investment and Operations (December 2021 - 2024)

Starting from December 2021, investors invested more than 4.5 billion IDR to establish an import business in Indonesia. During this period until 2024, products worth more than $300,000 were imported, of which more than $100,000 in taxes were paid to the Indonesian budget.

Extortion and Torture (September 2024)

From September 2024, investors faced bribery extortion from immigration officers. Investors were subjected to torture: they were blocked at the immigration office at the address: Jl. Raya Taman Jimbaran No.1, Jimbaran, Kec. Kuta Sel., Kabupaten Badung, Bali 80361.

For a month, investors tried to update their address by repeatedly coming with documents. The documents were rejected with an insistent request to contact the "friends" of these officers. Investors refused to pay a bribe, for which they were imprisoned , officers try to hack phone for delete foto and audio proofs of this actions at this address and subsequently deported.

Corruption Scheme Applied to Investors

1. At the immigration office at the specified address, an immigration officer finds any minor violations in documents and does not accept documents, including for address updates.
2. This officer passes information to the second floor so that other immigration officers come home and seize the passport for subsequent extortion.
3. Then they summon to the office and subject to torture to force payment of a bribe for the violation.
4. If a person refuses to pay a bribe, they are put in prison.

Ignored Appeals

Letters to the Immigration Department at humas@imigrasi.go.id were ignored. Appeals to the Indonesian Embassy were also ignored.

Conclusion

As a result, investors concluded that torture and extortion are normal practice towards investors in Indonesia, covered up at the highest levels.

A decision was made to close the company and no longer invest in Indonesia. Local employees were fired and lost their jobs.