Prosecutors Examine Former Head Of NTB ESDM Office As Mining Corruption Suspect

Prosecutors' officers guarding three suspects in the corruption case of the PT AMG iron sand mine after undergoing investigation by investigators at the NTB/ANTARA Prosecutor's Office

The prosecutor's investigator examined the former Head of the West Nusa Tenggara Energy and Mineral Resources Service (ESDM) with the initials MH as a suspect in the alleged corruption case in the iron sand mining activity of PT Anugrah Mitra Graha (AMG) for the 2021-2022 period. Spokesperson for the NTB Prosecutor's Office, Efrien Saputera, said that the MH examination took place simultaneously with two other suspects, namely SI and SM. "Yes, so there are three suspects being questioned today. Apart from MH, the former head of state, there are two others, SM Kabid at the ESDM and SI Offices from the port authorities," he said in Mataram, as reported by Antara, Wednesday, July 26. Regarding the material for the examination of the three suspects, Efrien said that this was a secret investigation. "What is clear is that this is an additional examination. The first examination was done before the detention was carried out, that was the first examination," he said. The examination of the three suspects began at around 13.00 WITA and ended at 16.34 WITA. Hijrat Prayitno, one of the attorneys of the SI suspect, said that he provided assistance in the examination of the SI suspect in front of the prosecutor's investigator. "Yes, we have just finished providing assistance. This is an additional examination," said Hijrat. Regarding the examination material, he chose not to convey it to the public considering that it was under the authority of the prosecutor's investigator. In legal assistance, Hijrat assured that his party is currently seeking to submit a letter requesting the transfer of detention of the IS suspect. "Because our client is now tasked with Padangbai, Bali, it is no longer in Labuhan Lombok. We are trying to keep our client carrying out his duties, we are still discussing this with his family," he said. By conveying this, Hijrat assured that the arrest of the suspect SI by the prosecutor's office was in his capacity as the former Head of the Lombok Labuhan Class III Port Organizing Unit Office. "Yes, so our client has moved assignments to the Padangbai area, Bali," he said. The NTB Prosecutor's Office in this case named seven suspects. In addition to the three people who underwent examination, four other suspects with the initials RA, the Head of the PT AMG Branch of East Lombok Regency, the Director of PT AMG with the initials PSW, and the former Head of the NTB Energy and Mineral Resources Service (ESDM) with the initials ZA, and the last initials S, employees at the Labuhan Lombok Class III Port Organizing Unit Office. As a suspect, investigators apply similar criminal charges, namely Article 2 paragraph (1) and / or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law no. 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

In the investigation process, the prosecutor's office has received the results of an audit from BPKP NTB with a loss value of Rp36 billion.