Bareskrim Schedules Second Call Ismail Bolong Tomorrow

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The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has set out a second summons for a former member of the Samarinda Police, Ismail Bolong, on Tuesday, November 29. The summons for the investigation relates to illegal mines in East Kalimantan.

"Tomorrow's summons has been made," said the Director of Certain Crimes at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Brigadier General Pipit Rismanto when confirmed, Monday, November 28.

This inspection call is the first step in investigating cases of alleged illegal mining management.

Then, it is also suspected to be an entry point to prove the issue of deposits to several high-ranking police officers. Including, the Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, Komjen Agus Andrianto, and the former East Kalimantan Police Chief Inspector General Herry Rudolf Nahak.

On the other hand, Pipit denied when asked about the information that said Ismail Bolong had been secured. According to him, there have been no arrests or so on.

"(Ismail Bolong was secured, red) the hoax," said Pipit.

Ismail Bolong also went viral on social media. He admitted that he deposited billions of rupiah from illegal coal mining to the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police.

In addition, Ismail Bolong also admitted that he worked as an illegal coal collector in the East Kalimantan (Kaltim) area on his own initiative.

He claims to profit billions of rupiah every month and "coordinate" with Komjen Agus Andrianto in running the illegal mining business.

"The profit I get from collecting and selling coal is around IDR 5-10 billion every month. Regarding the activities I carry out, I have coordinated with Kabareskrim, namely to Mr. Komjen Agus Andrianto by giving money three times," said Ismail Bolong from his video caption.

Shortly thereafter, another confession video emerged from Ismail Bolong. It turns out that he is a member of the police who has retired since July 2022.

In the video, Ismail appears to apologize to Agus Andrianto for the statement about the illegal mining deposit.

Ismail admitted that he had never communicated and did not know Kabareskrim. This man did not expect that the video would go viral.

In the video, Ismail mentions the first video was made because he was under pressure from Hendra Kurniawan, who at that time was a Karopaminal Divpropam Polri and a one-star general.