Steel Import Case, AGO Checks Commissioner Meraseti Consultants

The suspect in the case of alleged corruption in the import of iron or steel in 2016-2021, with the initials T, left the Round Building, Attorney General's Office, South Jakarta, Monday (30/5/2022). (ANTARA/HO-Puspenkum of the Attorney General's Office)

JAKARTA - Investigators of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) The Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) examined the Commissioner of Meraseti Consultant Indonesia, with the initials AA, as a witness in the investigation of the alleged criminal act of corruption in the import of iron or steel for the period 2016-2021.

"AA, as Commissioner of Meraseti Consultants Indonesia, was investigated related to the field of business providing legal aid services," said the Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) at the AGO Ketut Sumedana in a written statement quoted by Antara, Friday, June 3.

Ketut said investigators examined three witnesses from the private sector on Friday, all three of whom were senior officials from the Meraseti Group company. Apart from AA, the other two witnesses examined were RGGS as Director of PT Meraseti Anugerah Utama (PT MAU) and YU as Director of PT Meraseti Consultant Indonesia.

"RGGS was examined in relation to the relationship between PT MAU and PT Meraseti Maritim Indonesia, related to clearing services collected from importers," explained Ketut.

Meanwhile, YU was questioned regarding the input of the contents of the import notification of goods (PIB) document and the input of the number of the explanation letter to the PIB received from the suspect Taufiq. Ketut said the witness examination was carried out to strengthen evidence and complete the filing.

In this case, the Jampidsus AGO investigators have named nine suspects, consisting of three individual suspects and six corporate suspects

Of the three individual suspects, two are from the private sector and one is from the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag). The three suspects are the Young Import Trade Analyst at the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (Dirjen Daglu) of the Ministry of Trade Hold Banurea, the manager of PT Meraseti Taufiq, and the founder of PT Meraseti Budi Hartono Linardi.

While the other six suspects are importing companies, namely PT Bangun Era Sejahtera, PT Duta Sari Sejahtera, PT Inti Sumber Bajasakti, PT Jaya Arya Kemuning, PT Perwira Aditama Sejati, and PT Prasasti Metal Utama.