AGO Ensures 5 Smelters Confiscated In Tin Corruption Cases Continue To Operate

Head of the AGO's Asset Recovery Agency Amir Yanto during a press conference after a closed meeting discussed the management of five AGO confiscated smelters in Pangkalpinang, Tuesday (23/4/2024). (ANTARA)

PANGKALPINANG - The Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) of the Republic of Indonesia stated that five tin smelters in the Province of the Bangka Belitung Islands are still being managed, so that these assets are not damaged and have decreased in value.

"This confiscated asset is still managed in order to provide business and work opportunities for the community," said Head of the AGO's Asset Recovery Agency Amir Yanto after a closed meeting discussing the management of five tin smelters confiscated by the AGO in Pangkalpinang, quoted by ANTARA Tuesday, April 23.

He said that currently as many as 30 percent of the people in the Bangka Belitung Islands Province still rely on lead for their family's economy, so this mining must be legal.

"For illegal mining, the river goods as much as possible to find a solution as quickly as possible so that they can legally mine, so that the mining business does not violate the applicable regulations," he said.

According to him, legal tin mining will certainly reduce ecological and environmental damage in the Province of the Bangka Belitung Islands.

"This meeting activity is a follow-up to the confiscation of five smelters on Bangka Island," he said.

The cross-field coordination meeting to follow up on the confiscation of five tin smelters was attended by the Deputy for Law of the Ministry of SOEs, the President Director of PT Timah Tbk, BPKP, and the Director of Investigation at the National Police Headquarters.

In addition, the closed coordination meeting related to the confiscation of the smelter was also attended by Acting Governor of the Bangka Belitung Islands, Chief of the Babel Islands Police, Dandrem O45, Danlanal, Danlanud and Forkopimda Bangka Belitung Islands.