Attorney General's Office Proposes To Block Corruption Assets Of PT Asabri, Most Owned By Benny Tjokro

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JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) has proposed blocking the assets of several suspects in the alleged corruption case of PT Asabri. Most of the confiscated assets belonged to suspects Benny Tjokrosaputro or Benny Tjokro.

Head of the Attorney General's Office of Legal Information, Leonard Eben Ezer Simanjuntak, said that 1,224 plots of land were confiscated from Benny Tjokro. The assets are located in three different regions.

"In Bogor Regency there are 220 land parcels in the form of building rights certificates (HGB). Then, in Lebak Regency there are 779 land parcels in the form of building use rights certificates," Leonard said in his statement, Friday, March 5.

Meanwhile, the third asset location is in Tangerang Regency. From that location, investigators confiscated at least 245 plots of land in the possession of Benny Tjokro.

"244 land parcels in the form of title to building and 1 parcel of land in the form of title of ownership (SHM)," said Leonard.

In addition, the AGO has also proposed blocking the assets of parcel land belonging to the suspect, former PT Asabri CEO, Mayjen (ret) Adam Rachmat Damiri. There are at least 13 plots of land, 12 of which are in the form of freehold and 1 HGB.

The dozens of assets are located in 5 different areas, including Bogor Regency, West Bandung Regency, Bandung City, Garut Regency and Palembang City.

Furthermore, the assets that were also proposed for blocking belonged to Heri Setiono. Noted, he has one field in the form of SHM in the city of Depok.

In addition, the AGO has proposed blocking the assets of parcel land owned by Bachtiar Effendi, a former finance director of PT Asabri. Based on data collection, he has two fields in the form of SHM in Bekasi Regency

"The application for blocking of parcel land assets was also made on the ownership of SW (Sonny Widjaja). There are 18 assets in 9 regions," he said.

"Of the 18 assets, 16 of them are in the form of SHM and the rest are HGB," he continued.

In this case, the Attorney General's Office named nine suspects in the alleged corruption case of PT Asabri.

Two former Directors of PT Asabri who were named as suspects, namely Major General (ret) Adam Rachmat Damiri and Sonny Widjaja. Meanwhile, the other seven suspects are Bachtiar Effendi who is a former finance director of PT Asabri, Heri Setiono as Director of PT Asabri.

Furthermore, Lukman Purnomosidi as Managing Director of PT Prima Network and Jimmy Sutopo who is Director of PT Jakarta Emiten Investor Relations. Finally, Heru Hidayat and Benny Tjokrosaputro or Benny Tjokro.