East Kalimantan Prosecutor Seizes Rp699 Billion in Corruption Case in Mines

A pile of money of Rp699,704,988,362 at the East Kalimantan High Prosecutor's Office which was confiscated from the mining corruption case in transmigration land, in a press conference in Samarinda, Wednesday (8/7/2026). ANTARA/Ahmad Rifandi

SAMARINDA - The East Kalimantan High Prosecutor's Office has seized cash of around Rp. 699 billion from the alleged case of corruption in the use of transmigration land for mining activities.

"Until the prosecution stage, we received a deposit of state recovery losses of IDR 699,704,988,362," said Assistant Special Criminal Prosecutor for the East Kalimantan High Prosecutor's Office, Gusti Hamdani, in Samarinda, Wednesday, July 8, reported by ANTARA.

This alleged corruption case involves four former heads of the Kutai Kartanegara Regency Mining and Energy Office at different ranges, namely HM, BH, HA, and AD.

Apart from bureaucrats, the case also dragged three private company leaders from the PT JMB Group entity, namely BT, GT, and DA.

"The illegal implementation of coal mining on transmigration land rights in Kutai Kartanegara Regency has taken place since 2007 to 2012," said Hamdani.

Based on the audit report of the calculation from the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP), all illegal mining activities have resulted in state losses reaching Rp. 6.858 trillion.

The confiscated money of hundreds of billions was handed over to the suspects BT and GT since the investigation period to the stage of legal transfer.

"All of these trust funds have now been secured in the official account of the Kutai Kartanegara District Attorney's Office at the government bank," said Hamdani.

To optimize the recovery of potential losses to the state's finances, the investigation team also took steps to seize the physical assets belonging to the group of suspects.

Various additional evidence seized by the police includes foreign currency, land, jewelry, and a number of luxury four-wheel vehicles.

"Last week, the prosecutor's team handed over seven separate cases to the Samarinda Corruption Court," he said.

The seven defendants were charged with the primary charge using Article 603 Jo Article 20 letter C of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code.

The legal basis is associated with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001.