The Attorney General's Office Bans 9 People Related To The Tanjung Priok Bonded Zone Corruption Case And Tj Emas

JAKARTA - The Deputy Attorney General for Intelligence at the Attorney General's Office carried out prevention and deterrence (blocking) overseas against nine people suspected of being linked to corruption cases in the management of bonded zones in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta and Tanjung Emas, Semarang.

The decision to ban the nine people, stated in the Attorney General's Decree issued Monday (7/3), is valid for six months. The nine people consisted of seven people from the private sector and two civil servants (PNS).

The nine people are LGH, as Director of PT Eldin Citra, MRP as Director of PT Kenken Indonesia, PS who has served as Director of PT Hyup Seung Garmen Indonesia, ZM bin G as Head of Production for PT Eldi Citra Lestari, JS as Exim Manager of PT Hyung Seung Garmen Indonesia and TS as Director of CV Mekar Inti Sukses.

Then the two civil servants who were banned were H as the Director General of Customs and Excise, and SWE was a civil servant.

"The decision (ban) was issued since March 7, 2022 for six months, due to his alleged involvement in committing a criminal act of corruption, abuse of bonded zone facilities and ease of import for export purposes (KITE) at the Ports of Tanjung Priok and Tanjung Emas from 2015 to 2021, "said the Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapus Penkum) at the Attorney General's Office, Ketut Sumedana, in a written statement quoted by Antara, Monday, March 7.

Prevention is carried out in the interest of facilitating the investigation process in the context of an examination in order to dig up information related to the case in question.

"Of the nine people and if one day a summons is made, the nine are prevented from going abroad so that the nine people are still in the jurisdiction of the Republic of Indonesia," he said.

Previously, the Attorney General's Office conducted searches and confiscations in four cities related to the port mafia case, namely Bandung City, West Java, Magelang City and Semarang, Central Java, and West Jakarta.

A search and seizure in the city of Bandung was carried out on the house of Leslie Grizian Hermawan (LGH) having the address at Jalan Sadewa Number 11, RT 003/RW 002, Pamayonan Village, Cicendo District, Bandung City, West Java, and a cell phone and one box of documents have been confiscated related textile information.

Then the house of Zainal Mutaqin Bin Gunawan, ST (ZM bin G) is located at Kopo Mas Regency C No. 28 RT 002/001, Margasuka Village, Kec. Babakan Ciparay, Bandung City, and several documents related to information on textiles, electronic devices, cell phones, and other evidence have been confiscated.

Furthermore, a search and seizure in Central Java was carried out on Theresia Wersti Astika Sunaryo (Housewife) at the Danurejo Asri Housing Block H-01 RT.006 RW.003, Danurejo Mertoyudan, Magelang Regency, Magelang City and confiscated goods electronic form in the form of seven flash drives, four mobile phones, one CIMB Niaga Magelang branch savings book, and several pieces of cash denominated in foreign currencies.

Further searches and seizures were made at the Central Java Customs and Excise Regional Office and the Customs Service Supervision Office of Type Madya Customs A Semarang, and electronic goods were confiscated.

Then the search and seizure in the city of Jakarta, namely the house of Tjhin Sunardi (TS) as the Director of CV Mekar Inti Sukses which is located at Jalan Kebun Jeruk XIX No. 24 Ex. Mapar district. Taman Sari, West Jakarta and has been confiscated in the form of electronic goods.

The items confiscated by the investigating prosecutor's team were used as evidence in the investigation of the case. The nine people who were blocked were searched and confiscated.

"Everything that was examined, what was searched had potential (suspects) depending on the qualifications of the act," said Director of Investigations for the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Supardi.

Jampidsus has issued an Investigation Order Number: PRIN-12/F.2/Fd.2/03/2022 on Wednesday (2/3), related to the alleged misuse of bonded zone facilities and Ease of Import for Export Destinations (KITE) at Tanjung Priok Port Year and Tanjung Emas Semarang 2015 to 2021.

Issuance of an investigation warrant based on the results of the exposure/case title related to the port mafia on Tuesday (1/3). The results of the case exposure meet the qualifications of a corruption crime, namely the alleged corruption of abuse of authority and receipt of money in connection with the misuse of bonded zone facilities through the Ports of Tanjung Priok and Tanjung Emas from 2015 to 2021.

This case began in 2016 and 2017 PT HGI obtained Bonded Zone facilities in Semarang in the form of imports of textile raw materials through Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta and Tanjung Emas Port in Semarang.

Regarding these facilities, there are allegations of abuse of authority carried out by Customs and Excise officials in collaboration with private parties related to Bonded Zone facilities where the imported textile raw materials should be processed into finished goods in the Bonded Zone owned by PT HGI or through a subcontractor company for processing. sales of finished products, and after that sales are carried out domestically and exported.

However, PT HGI, with the knowledge and cooperation with Customs and Excise, has sold imported textile raw materials domestically without going through the processing of finished goods in PT HGI's Bonded Zone, resulting in the country experiencing economic losses due to reduced export foreign exchange earnings and bankruptcy. a number of textile and garment industries in the country