In the dusty corridors of the Bima City Police in West Nusa Tenggara, a scandal has erupted that reads like a gritty Netflix noir. It involves a high-ranking narcotics officer, a missing kingpin, and a crate of beer allegedly stuffed with 1 billion rupiah ($64,000) in cash. The arrest of AKP Malaungi, the former narcotics chief, has done more than just take a crooked cop off the streets; it has pulled back the curtain on a systemic crisis of integrity within Indonesia’s provincial police force.
Malaungi, facing a potential death sentence, has decided not to go down alone. Through his legal counsel, he has “started to sing,” accusing his superior, Police Grand Commissioner Adjutant Didik Putra Kuncoro, of extortion. The price of his silence? A 1.8 billion rupiah payment, allegedly intended to fund the purchase of a luxury Toyota Alphard for the Chief.
The Anatomy of the Deal
The details are as sordid as they are specific. According to the defense, the funds were sourced from a local drug lord known as “Koko Erwin.” The first installment was reportedly delivered to the Chief’s aide in a beer crate. In exchange, half a kilogram of crystal meth was allegedly stashed in the officer’s official residence—not as evidence, but as inventory for future distribution.
Strategic Audit: Institutional Fragility in Provincial Policing
This case serves as a grim reminder of the “Command Crisis” where the chain of authority is weaponized to facilitate the very crimes it is sworn to prevent.
The “BBM Full” Cipher
The defense claims to have decrypted communications, including the code “BBM is full”—a signal that the transaction was complete. While National Police Headquarters has swiftly deactivated Chief Didik, the scandal leaves the public wondering: how many more “beer crates” are moving through the system? For an administration that prides itself on “law and order,” the Bima case is a painful admission that the most dangerous drug lords might sometimes be the ones wearing the uniforms.
