Counter-intelligence specialist R. Gautama Wiranegara has called on the government to disclose the full chronology of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise sealing of Tiffany & Co outlets that led to a Rp97.49 billion bill.
Gautama assessed that the public sees conflicting signals from state institutions on the basis for sealing before the audit was complete and the completed audit results. Tiffany & Co outlets in elite Jakarta shopping centers were sealed starting February 2026. The post-import audit produced a bill of Rp18.99 billion for underpaid import duties and taxes plus Rp78.5 billion in administrative sanctions. He stressed that sealing is not an ordinary administrative action and requested detailed explanations from initial findings to the reasons for the bill to prevent speculation. According to Gautama the case remains in the realm of serious administrative violations rather than criminal acts.
