The Attorney General's Office Names 2 New Suspects In The North Konawe Mining Corruption Case

The suspect, former Director General of Mineral and Coal (Minerba) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Ridwan Djamaluddin, wears a prison vest/ANTARA PHOTO/Asprilla Dwi Adha/Spt.

The Attorney General's Office has named 10 people as suspects in the alleged corruption case of nickel ore mining in the mining permit area (IUP) of PT Antam in Mandodo Block, North Konawe Regency (Konut), Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra).

The Attorney General's Office has named two new suspects in a case that cost the state finances Rp5.7 trillion, namely RJ, the former Director General of Mineral and Coal (Minerba) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), and HJ, the sub-ordinator of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources' work plan and budget (RKAB).

"Regarding the case at the Southeast Sulawesi High Prosecutor's Office, which has so far named 10 suspects, today we have named two suspects. So the two suspects are from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources," said the Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Ketut Sumedana, as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, August 10.

The role of the two suspects, said Sumedana, gave a policy related to the Mandiodo Block which caused a total state loss of Rp. 5.7 trillion.

"Once again, I convey that from the two suspects, today we have determined and detained 10 suspects," he said.

The two suspects were then detained at the Salemba Detention Center at the Attorney General's Office for 20 days starting from August 9 to 28. After the case is declared complete, the two suspects will be detained at the Southeast Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office.

Previously, Monday (24/7), the Attorney General's Office also named two suspects, namely SM as the Head of Geology of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (Former Director of Mineral Concession at the Directorate General of Mineral and Coal at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources), as well as EVT as the EVluator of the work plan and budget for the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

Then, on July 19, 2023, another suspect was also named, namely WAS as the owner of PT Kara Nusantara Investama.

Meanwhile, investigators from the Southeast Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office have named four suspects, namely HW, YAS, AA and OS.

In this case, the suspect's modus operandi was to mine in the mining business permit area (WIUP) of a mining company called PT A in the North Konawe area, the result of which was sold to a number of smelters using flying or fake documents.