AGO Names 7 New Suspects In Antam 109 Tons Of Gold Corruption Case

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has named seven new suspects in the alleged corruption case of gold commodity management for the period 2010-2022. In total there are 12 suspects in the case.

"Based on sufficient preliminary evidence, the Investigative team has named 7 people as suspects," said Head of the AGO, Harli Siregar, to reporters, Thursday, July 18.

The seven new suspects are customers of the manufacturing services of the Mulia Metal Processing and Purification Business Unit (UBPPLM) PT Antam Tbk. They include LE, SL, SJ, JT, GAR, DT, and HKT

Based on the evidence, these seven people are strongly suspected of deliberately collaborating with the General Manager of UBPP LM who has also been named as suspects to abuse manufacturing services from 2010 to 2021.

"Each customer of UBPPLM manufacturing services PT Antam Tbk has unlawfully collaborated with UBPP LM General Managers who have previously been detained to abuse manufacturing services organized by UBPPLM," he said.

Currently, the seven suspects are being detained for the next 20 days. However, only SL and GAR were placed in the Salemba State Detention Center at the Attorney General's Office.

"As for the suspects LE, SJ, JT, and HKT, the city was detained on the grounds of illness as the results of the doctor's examination," said Harli.

In this case, they were charged with Article 2 Paragraph (1), Article 3 jo. Article 18 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.

Previously, the AGO named 6 suspects who were former UBPPL GM PT Antam Tbk.

The details are kindergarten for the 2010-2011 period, HN for the 2011-2013 period, DM for the 2013-2017 period, AH for the 2017-2019 period, MAA for the 2019-2021 period and ID for the 2021-2022 period.

So far, the AGO has also confiscated the assets of the six suspects, namely gold weighing 109 tons.