Luxury House In Pontianak Confiscated By The AGO In Connection With The Asabri Case

JAKARTA - The Investigation Team of the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the Attorney General's Office confiscated assets in the form of land and buildings covering an area of 1,042 square meters in Pontianak belonging to a suspect in a suspected corruption case at PT Asabri.

Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenum) Attorney General Leonard Eben Ezer Simanjuntak in his written statement, said that the assets seized by the investigating team were related to the suspect Heru Hidayat (HH).

"This time, the confiscation of assets belonging to the suspect who was successfully seized in the case are assets belonging to and / or related to the HH suspect in the form of two plots of land and or buildings with an area of 1,042 square meters located in Pontianak City," said Leonard.

He said that the confiscation of the two parcels of land and / or buildings had been determined by the Deputy Chairman of the Pontianak District Court on Thursday (25/3).

"Which basically gives permission to investigators from the Attorney General's Office to confiscate two plots of land in Pontianak City," he said.

Based on the determination of the Deputy Chairman of the Pontianak District Court Number: 11 / Pen.Pid.Sus-TPK / 2021 / PN Ptk dated March 24, 2021, assets belonging to or related to suspect Heru Hidayat, namely one plot of land and / or building in accordance with the Building Use Right Certificate (HGB) No.00994 covering an area of 660 M2 located in Benua Melayu Darat Village, South Pontianak District, Pontianak City with the right holder on behalf of PT. Inti Kapuas Arowana, Tbk.

Next, one plot of land and / or building according to Certificate of Ownership (HM) No. 16885 covering an area of 382 M2 located in Bangka Belitung Village, South Pontianak District, Pontianak City with the right holder on behalf of Susanti Hidayat.

"The confiscated assets of the suspects will then be assessed or assessed by the Public Appraisal Service Office (KJPP) to be calculated as a rescue for state financial losses in the next process," said Leonard.

Commissioner of PT Trada Alam Minera Heru Hidayat is one of the nine people named as suspects in the alleged crime of financial management and investment funds by PT Asabri which caused losses to state finances amounting to Rp23.73 trillion. The state losses in this case were far greater than in the Jiwasraya case.

The other eight suspects, were the Director of PT Asabri for the period 2011 to March 2016, Mayjen Purn. Adam Rachmat Damiri, President Director of PT Asabri for the period March 2016-July 2020 Lieutenant General Purn. Sonny Widjaja, Director of Finance of PT Asabri for the period October 2008-June 2014 Bachtiar Effendi, as well as Director of PT Asabri for the period 2013-2014 and 2015-2019 Hari Setiono.

Next, Head of Investment Division of PT Asabri July 2012-January 2017 Ilham W. Siregar, President Director of PT Prima Network Lukman Purnomosidi, and Director of PT Jakarta Emiten Investor Relations Jimmy Sutopo and Managing Director of PT Hanson International Tbk. Benny Tjokrosaputro.

Both Benny and Heru are suspects in the corruption case at PT Asuransi Jiwasraya.

In addition, the Attorney General's Office has attached articles of money laundering (TPPU) to three suspects, namely Benny Tjockrosaputro, Heru Hidayat, and Jimmy Sutopo.

The AGO has confiscated a number of assets belonging to the suspects ranging from buildings, apartments, added nickel, luxury cars, ships to other valuables. Including hunting down assets in foreign countries such as Singapore.

Until now, the provisional value of the confiscated assets that investigators have collected has reached Rp. 7 trillion. This value does not include the mine assets that have been confiscated.