Corruption In The Iron Sand Mining In East Lombok, The Attorney General's Office Targets The Suspect "Kakap Class"

The West Nusa Tenggara High Prosecutor's Office is targeting high-profile or large-profile suspects in the alleged corruption case of PT Anugrah Mitra Graha's iron sand mining (AMG) activities in the Dedalpak Block, East Lombok Regency. "Remember, I don't want to look for'matter', yes,'matter' I don't want. I'm sorry for the 'kap'. However, that's later, the next episode," said NTB Attorney General Nanang Ibrahim Soleh as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, June 19. He said that in handling the case previously the prosecutor's office had set three. this suspect, the prosecutor's office will immediately rest files for prosecution needs at trial. Nanang confirmed this by conveying that investigators had received information from the NTB Representative Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) regarding the results of the audit of state losses. "What is certain is that the information on the value of the loss is unanimous, just sign it, then hand it over to the prosecutor. For its value, tens of billions," he said. Affirming the source of state losses, Nanang is reluctant "Reveal it to the public and suggest that this be known during the trial process. I don't want to open it because that's our investigation strategy," he said. In the PT AMG mining corruption case, investigators named three suspects, namely the Head of the PT AMG Branch of East Lombok Regency with the initials RA, the Director of PT AMG with the initials PSW and the former Head of the NTB Energy and Mineral Resources Service (ESDM) with the initials ZA. Investigators named the three suspects with apply Article 2 paragraph (1) and/or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code. PT AMG, which is headquartered in North Jakarta, was revealed to have the legality of an iron sand mining permit in the Dedalpak Block with a land area of 1,348 hectares. The permit is valid for 15 years from 2011 to 2026. The permit was issued based on the Lombok Regent's Decree East Number: 2821/503/PPT.II/2011 concerning Approval to Improve Mining Business Permits (IUP) Exploration into IUP Operations for Production of Iron Sand and Mineral Followers in the Dedalpak Block which is included in the Pringgabaya District and Labuhan Haji District, East Lombok Regency. In this case, it was revealed that there were indications that PT AMG carried out mining in the Dedalpak Block without obtaining approval of the annual work plan and budget (RKAB) from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. Mining activities this will take place in the period 2021 to 2022. According to the regulations, the RKAB approval is a ticket for mining companies to operate. In the regulation, there is also a stipulation of the production fee or royalties that must be deposited by the company to the government in every sale of mining commodities.

The regulation is in accordance with Article 18 of Government Regulation Number 81 of 2019 concerning Types and Tariffs on Types of Non-Tax State Revenue (PNBP) that apply to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. In the regulation, the government sets a royalty rate for iron sand commodities of 10 percent of the selling price.