Steel Import Corruption Case, Ex-Directorate General Of Trade, Ministry Of Trade Examined By The Attorney General's Office

Chief of the Attorney General's Office of Penuspenkum Ketut Sumedana/DOK AGO

JAKARTA - Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes at the Attorney General's Office examined Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana (IWW) Director General of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Trade (Dirjen Daglu, Ministry of Trade) as a witness in a case of alleged corruption in steel imports.

"IWW (Indrasari) as the Director General of Foreign Trade was examined to explain the mechanism for issuing an explanation letter (Sujel) in 2016 and an explanation letter from 2016 to 2021," said Head of the Attorney General's Office for Legal Information Center (Kejagung) Ketut Sumedana in a written statement quoted by Antara. , Monday, July 18

Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana is a suspect in a case of alleged corruption in the provision of CPO export facilities and its derivatives. He was examined to provide information on behalf of the suspect Hold Banurea, as the former Head of the Import Directorate General of Daglu Ministry of Trade, Budi Hartono Linardi as the owner of PT Meraseti Logistik Indonesia, and his subordinate named Taufik as the manager of the company.

Sumedana explained that apart from examining Indrasari Wisnu Warhana, investigators also examined five other witnesses. Three witnesses were examined for the three individual suspects, and two witnesses for the six corporate suspects.

Three other witnesses were examined for individual suspects, namely the Head of the Legal Bureau of the Ministry of Trade Sri Harijati. Sumedana said that Sri was being questioned regarding the Regulation of the Minister of Trade (Permendag) regarding iron or steel, steel guides and their derivative products, as well as related to an explanation letter.

The next witness, Hirmon Tjandi, as an importer on behalf of PT Perwira Adhitama Sejati, was examined to explain as a company that uses Meraseti Group services, including PPJK, transportation and other licensing management.

Then the witness of the President Director of PT Perwira Adhitama Sejati Andry Haryanto, was examined regarding the financial statements of PT Prasasti Metal Utama.

Meanwhile, the two witnesses examined regarding the six corporate suspects were Ameli as the Accounting Staff of PT Eka Sinar Abdi for the period 2005 to present, and Ade Fitriyah as the former Commissioner of PT Atika Bina Warga.

"Witness examination is carried out to strengthen evidence and complete the filing in the case," said Ketut.

The six importing companies that have become suspects are 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.