The Attorney General's Office Returns Jiwasraya's Assets Worth IDR 3.1 Trillion To The Ministry Of SOEs

Attorney General ST Burhanuddin and SOE Minister Erick Thohir press conference at the Jakarta AGO Building. (Rizky A-VOI)

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office (AGO) handed over the confiscated assets of the PT Jiwasraya corruption case to the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN). The total reached IDR 3.1 trillion

"I think one of the assets that have been handed over is how to complete the documents, yes, or for example, of course the results of the confiscation of the Attorney General, which yesterday was worth a letter worth Rp. 3.1 trillion," said SOE Minister Erick Thohir to reporters, Monday, March 6.

This amount is not the result of the full confiscation in the case involving Benny Tjoktrosaputro as the perpetrator. This is because there are still confiscated assets that are still in the process of being returned with a nominal value of IDR 1.4 trillion.

"This is what we need to synchronize so that the settlement from Jiwasraya is not delayed due to the settlement of assets from administration only," said Erick.

In fact, Attorney General ST Burhanuddin said that the meeting was not only about the return process because there were discussions related to cooperation with the Ministry of SOEs to clean up state-owned companies.

"Antara lain, mungkin penyelesaian aset-asset Jiwasraya yang cukup menarik dan cukup yang berhubungan dengan masyarakat luas," kata Burhanuddin.

Previously, the Attorney General's Office's Asset Recovery Center (PPA AGO) deposited IDR 1.449 trillion as a result of the completion of state booty in corruption cases and the crime of money laundering PT Asuransi Jiwasraya (Persero) into the state treasury.

"The Indonesian Prosecutor's Office has succeeded in completing the booty of PT Asuransi Jiwasraya and then deposited the results of the settlement into the state treasury with a value of Rp1,449,024,768,744," said Head of PPA AGO Syaifudin Tagal

Syaifudin said that since September 2021 his party has been recovering looted assets in the Jiwasraya case. Then, the deposit of IDR 1.449 trillion into the state treasury through the Directorate General of State Assets of the Ministry of Finance was carried out symbolically on Wednesday, March 1.

During the period from September 2021 to January 2023, the AGO's PPA has recovered state confiscated assets in the Jiwasraya case of Rp3.11 trillion.

This asset recovery, he said, came from looted money, auction sales, direct sales, securities sales, mutual fund disbursement, and determination of usage status.

"This illustrates that in the law enforcement process, it is not only oriented towards law enforcement against criminals, but also in the context of asset recovery efforts," he said.

When compared with the value of state losses in the Jiwasraya mega-corruption case of Rp. 16.807 trillion, the value of asset recovery carried out by the AGO is still low.

There are still many state looted goods from the Jiwasraya case that need to be resolved. This is his party's commitment to continue to complete it in order to optimize Non-Tax State Revenue (PBNP).