Witness Calls After KPK Supervision Activities, Head Of NTB ESDM Receipts Of Envelopes Allegedly Containing Money

The panel of judges after examining the Secretary of the Head of the NTB ESDM, Nurmi Asriati, in a follow-up hearing in the corruption case of the PT AMG/DOK ANTARA iron sand mine

The Head of the Energy and Mineral Resources Office of West Nusa Tenggara for the period 2022-2023, Zainal Abidin, was revealed during the trial of the examination of the witness in the alleged corruption case of the iron sand mine PT Anugrah Mitra Graha, who received an envelope deposit allegedly containing cash. "At that time I received an envelope from Mr. Trisman to be handed over to Mr. Zainal, I didn't confirm what it was," said Secretary of the NTB ESDM Service Nurmi Asriati while giving testimony at the follow-up hearing of defendants Zainal Abidin and Syamsul Makrif at the Corruption Court at the Mataram District Court, Antara, Tuesday, October 24. The envelope entrusted by Trisman (Head of Mineral and Coal Division of the NTB Energy and Mineral Resources Service), he explained, was given after Zainal Abidin, who was a defendant in this case, participated in the KPK coordination and supervision event at the NTB Governor's Office. "As far as I remember that on Tuesday, when the KPK event was over, it was at the governor's office. It was when I wanted to go to Sumbawa," he said. He confirmed that Tuesday on June 21, 2022. Nurmi admitted that she received an envelope from Trisman in the room of the Head of Mineral and Coal of NTB Energy and Mineral Resources. "I then handed it over to Mr. Zainal in Pak Kabid's room. At that time, Mr. Zainal immediately came to the room, there was Mr. Kabid too. After receiving it, Mr. Zainal went to Sumbawa," he said. In addition to the envelope from Trisman, Nurmi also admitted that she received an envelope deposit for Zainal Abidin from Muhtar, Head of the Production Section for the Minerba Division of the NTB Energy and Mineral Resources Service. "At that morning, he (Muhtar) called me, where did he ask me? Please go down to the room, there is a deposit for Mr. Zainal. There, Mr. Zainal just came to the office, I handed it over directly to him (Pak Zainal)," he said. To the panel of judges, Nurmi also admitted that she did not know for sure the contents of Muhtar's envelope. He only convinced the judge that the appearance of the envelope from Trisman or Muhtar was not written by the letterhead. "There is no writing on the envelope. I don't know the contents either," he said. The chairman of the Panel of Judges, Mukhlassuddin, had asked the witness about the certainty of the contents of the envelope. "Is the contents thick or thin? If it is thick it can't be folded," asked Mukhlassuddin. "No, I'm paying attention, sir," answered Nurmi. Regarding the testimony of the witness who was under the oath, Zainal Abidin as a defendant had the opportunity to give a response. "Regarding the envelope, sir," said Zainal Abidin when he got the opportunity from the panel of judges. " Thick or thin?" said Mukhlassuddin. "I never received an envelope," replied Zainal.