BENGKULU - The Bengkulu High Prosecutor's Special Crime Investigation Team (Pidsus) said five suspects in the corruption case of mining production and exploration belonging to PT Ratu Samban Mining and PT Tunas Bara Jaya were suspected of having added to the protected forest area.
The five suspects, who are also coal mining entrepreneurs in Bengkulu Province, also sold coal illegally or illegally in accordance with applicable regulations.
"We are dealing with acts against the law or abusing finances, causing state losses. The characters are different from general criminal mining laws. One of the roles of these five suspects is the untrueity before buying and selling, meaning that the acquisition is invalid so we have calculated at the beginning we concluded, because it was not the goods then sold," said Head of the Investigation Section of the Bengkulu Attorney General's Office, Danang Prasetyo, quoted by Antara, Thursday, July 24.
He explained that the mining business license (IUP) of PT Ratu Samban Mining (RSM) had been problematic since 2011, while the findings of irregularities in coal sales were carried out from 2021 to 2022.
"The state's losses in this case reached more than Rp500 billion, more than the total damage caused by the environment and its main causes the untrueities that occurred during coal mining and during coal sales," said Danang.
Previously, investigators from the Bengkulu Special Prosecutor's Office named five coal mining entrepreneurs in Bengkulu Province as suspects in the alleged corruption case in the production and exploration of mining belonging to PT Ratu Samban Mining and PT Tunas Bara Jaya.
The five suspects are Tunas Bara Jaya Commissioner Bebby Hussy, General Manager of PT Inti Bara Perdana Saskya Hussy, President Director of Tunas Bara Jaya Julius Soh, Marketing of PT Inti Bara Perdana Agusman, Director of Tunas Bara Jaya Sutarman.
"Today we have named a suspect in the Mining Corruption case after we find an unlawful act and a series of witness examinations, we will determine the suspects," said Head of the Legal Information Section of the Bengkulu Attorney General's Office, Ristianti Andriani.
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The five suspects were detained in three different locations, namely the Malabero Detention Center Bengkulu City for suspects Bebby Hussy, Bentiling Class II A Correctional Institution (Lapas) Bengkulu City, namely Saskya Hussy and Sutarman.
Meanwhile, the suspects Julius Soh and Agusman were detained while in Arga Makmur Prison, North Bengkulu Regency, Bengkulu Province.
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