The Attorney General's Office Examines The Technical Director Of Customs Related To The Gold Corruption Case

Dirdik Jampidsus Kuntadi (left) and Kapuspenkum Ketut Sumedana/ANTARA/Laily Rahmawaty

JAKARTA - Investigators from the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the Attorney General's Office examined the Director of Technical Affairs of Customs with the initials RFDT as a witness in the investigation of the alleged corruption case in the management of gold commodity business activities in 2010 '2022.

Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office Ketut Sumedana said the examination of RFDT along with one other witness with the initials MI as the Excise Excise Examination Type C Soekarno Hatta.

"The two witnesses were examined in connection with the investigation of the alleged corruption case in the management of the 2010 '2022 gold commodity business activities," Sumedana said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, June 12.

The examination of this witness, he said, was to strengthen the evidence and complete the filing in the case.

In this case, Jampidsus investigators have raised the status of the investigation to the investigation stage of the alleged corruption case in the management of gold commodity business activities for the 2010 '2022 period, based on the Investigation Order Number: Print-14/F.2/05/2023 dated May 10, 2023.

The investigative team started the case handling activities by conducting searches in several places, namely Pustudung, Pondok Gede, Cinere, Depok, Pondok Aren, South Tangerang, and Surabaya, namely PT UBS in Tambaksari and PT IGS in Genteng. Search also at the Customs and Excise Office.

From the results of the search, several important documents were obtained and confiscated as well as electronic evidence allegedly related to the case.

Regarding the corruption of this gold commodity, on Wednesday (29/3) the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menkopolhukam) Mahfud MD revealed allegations of money laundering at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise with 15 entities worth Rp. 189 trillion for imports of gold bullion.