The Attorney General's Office Examines Nine Witnesses In Corruption Cases On Steel Imports

Head of the Attorney General's Office for Legal Information (Kapuspenkum) Ketut Sumedana/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Junior Attorney General's Investigator for Special Crimes, Tuesday, June 21, examined nine witnesses related to the investigation into the alleged criminal act of corruption in the import of iron or steel and its derivative products for the 2016-2021 period.

Of the nine witnesses, said the Head of the Center for Legal Information (Kapuspenkum) at the Attorney General's Office, Ketut Sumedana, six witnesses were examined in relation to three individual suspects and three witnesses were examined in relation to six corporate suspects.

The six witnesses examined were from the Directorate General of Customs and Excise with the initials GES, B, STH, HS, S, and DTW.

The GES witness referred to Galih Elham Setiawan as Head of the Investigation and Investigation Division (P2) of the Main Service Office (KPU) of Type A Customs and Excise Tanjung Priok.

"GES is being investigated in relation to border and post-border supervision of steel imports in Tanjung Priok for the 2020-2021 period," said Ketut, quoted by Antara.

Witness B referred to Bakhroni as Head of the Surabaya Class II Customs and Excise Laboratory, who was examined regarding the results of testing for iron, steel and/or alloy steel imported by PT Prasasti Metal Utama.

The STH witness referred to Sigit Tri Hatmoko as the Head of the P2 Section at the Belawan Customs and Excise KKP. He was examined to explain what was principally related to border and post-border supervision of steel imports in Belawan from 2018 to 2020.

Furthermore, witness HS referred to Heri Sutikno as Head of the Enforcement Section at the Customs and Excise Office of Merak Customs Intermediate Type. HS was examined in relation to the importation of iron or steel by six companies through Merak Port.

Witness S referred to Samid as Head of Section P2 at the Customs and Excise Office of Middle-Type Customs Tanjung Priok. He was examined to explain related to border and post-border supervision of iron or steel imports for the 2016-2021 period. The witness DTW referred to Dwi Teguh Widodo as Head of the Tanjung Priok Customs and Excise KPU Type A. DTW was examined to explain related to border and post-border supervision of iron or steel imports for the 2016-2021 period.

Three other witnesses were examined for the six corporate suspects, the initials MS, MA, and RFDT. According to Ketut, the material for the examination of the three witnesses is related to the investigation into cases of alleged corruption in the import of iron or steel, alloy steel, and their derivative products in 2016-2021 on behalf of six corporate suspects.

Witness MS referred to Moga Simatupang as Director of Imports at the Directorate General of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia. Next, witness MA referred to Mohammad Andriansyah as Associate Expert Trade Analysis at the Import Directorate at the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia, and witness RFDT referred to Raden Fadjar Donny Thanjadi as the Technical Director of Customs at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia.

"This witness examination is to strengthen evidence and complete the filing in the alleged corruption case," said Ketut.

In this case, investigators at the Roundhouse have named nine suspects, namely three individual suspects and six corporate suspects.

Of the three individual suspects, two of them are private suspects and a suspect from the Ministry of Trade. The three suspects are called Tahan Banurea (Young Analyst of Import Trade at the Directorate General of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Trade), Taufiq (manager of PT Meraseti), and PT Meraseti founder Budi Hartono Linardi.

Meanwhile, the other six suspects are importers, namely PT Bangun Era Sejahtera, PT Duta Sari Sejahtera, PT Intisource Baja Sakti, PT Jaya Arya Kemuning, PT Perwira Aditama Sejati, and PT Prasasti Metal Utama.