The Attorney General's Office Has Determined That PDIP Politician Ismail Thomas Is A Suspect In The Forgery Of Mining Permits

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The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has named a member of Commission I of the DPR from the PDIP faction, Ismail Thomas, as a suspect in falsifying mining permit documents. Ismail Thomas was immediately arrested.

"The determination of the status of the suspect and at the same time the detention of the suspect with the initials IT (Ismael Thomas) is a member of Commission 1 of the DPR RI or the Regent of West Kutai for the 2006-2016 period," said the Head of the AGO, Ketut Sumedana, to reporters, Tuesday, August 15.

Ismail Thomas was detained for the next 20 days until September 3, 2023. The detention was carried out at the Salemba detention center at the Prosecutor's Office.

Regarding the document forgery carried out by Ismail Thomas, continued Ketut, related to the mining permit of PT Sendawar Jaya in West Kutai, East Kalimantan.

"The person concerned falsified documents related to mining permits used for the benefit of the trial process. This is related to the PT Sendawar Jaya case," said Ketut.

In this case, Ismail Thomas was charged with Article 9 of the Corruption Crime Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 to 1 of the Criminal Code.