Steel Import Case, Attorney General's Office Examines Meraseti Logistics CEO

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JAKARTA - Investigators of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) of the Attorney General's Office examined the President Director of PT Meraseti Logistik Indonesia Sri Lestari as a witness in the investigation into the alleged corruption case in the import of iron or steel.

"SL as the President Director of PT Meraseti Logistik, was examined to explain all the PIB data for the six companies that used the explanation letter (Sujel) which was inputted by PT Meraseti Logistik Indonesia," said Head of the Indonesian Attorney General's Office for Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) Ketut Sumedana in a statement. written quoted by Antara, Wednesday, June 22.

Sumedana said a total of seven witnesses were examined today. Five witnesses were examined in relation to three individual suspects and two witnesses were examined for six corporate suspects.

Another witness who was examined, namely the head of the marketing strategy team of PT Krakatau Posco Ogge Prima Duta Putra, was examined to explain about PT Krakatau Posco's losses due to imports of steel from 2016 to 2021.

Then, Kurniawan Eka Putra, as Customs and Excise Inspector of KPP BC Halim. He was examined to explain related to supervision and post-border on steel imports in Halim from 2020 until now. Next, witness Fuad Muftie, as Head of the Customs and Excise Service Section VI at the Customs and Excise Service Supervision and Excise Office Type A Intermediate Customs A Jakarta.

"Witness FM was examined to explain related to border and post-border supervision of steel imports in Halim from 2020 until now," said Ketut.

Furthermore, witness Helena Ariyanti, as Director of PT Kalimantan Steel, was examined regarding the impact of the surge in imports of iron or steel, alloy steel and its derivative products for the period 2016 to 2021.

Meanwhile, two witnesses were examined for six corporate suspects, namely UB and GES.

Witness UB refers to Untung Basuki as Director of Customs and Excise Customs Facilities at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia, who was examined on customs procedures related to the import of steel and iron products. Then, the GES witness referred to Galih Elham Setiawan, as Head of the P2 Division at the Tanjung Priok Type A Customs and Excise Main Service Office.

"The GES witness was examined regarding steel import documents," said Ketut.

In this case, investigators at the Roundabout have identified 9 suspects, namely 3 individual suspects and 6 corporate suspects.

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

Meanwhile, the other six suspects are importing companies, 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.