Attorney General's Office Determines Benny Tjokro And Heru Hidayat As TPPU Asabri Suspects

Illustration of the attorney general's building (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office has again named Benny Tjokrosaputro and Heru Hidayat as suspects in the crime of money laundering (TPPU) related to corruption in the financial management and investment funds of PT Asabri.

"The parties named as suspects in the TPPU case this time are BTS and HH who have previously been named as suspects in the corruption case of financial management and investment funds at PT Asabri," said Head of the General Information Center of the Attorney General's Office Leonard Eben Ezer Simanjuntak. reported from Antara.

Director of PT Hanson International Tbk Benny Tjokrosaputro (BTS) and Commissioner of PT Trada Alam Minera Heru Hidayat (HH) were named as suspects based on the results of exposures with the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes, Investigation Team of the Directorate of Investigation at the Junior Attorney General's Special Crimes Great.

Leonard explained that the case in this case from 2012 to 2019, PT Asabri (Persero) had made investment placements in the form of buying shares and mutual fund products to certain parties through a number of 'nominees' affiliated with BTS and HH without being accompanied by with fundamental analysis and technical analysis and only formality only.

The President Director, Director of Investment and Finance, Head of the Investment Division as the officer in charge at PT Asabri (Persero) actually collaborates with BTS and HH in managing and placing PT Asabri (Persero) 's investment in the form of shares and mutual fund products which are not accompanied by fundamental analysis and technical analysis.

As a result, the investment violated the provisions of the standard operating procedure (SOP) and the investment placement guidelines applicable to PT Asabri (Persero).

"On the basis of this, there were illegal acts committed by the President Director, Director of Investment and Finance, Head of the Investment Division who approved the investment placement of PT ASABRI (Persero) without going through fundamental analysis and technical analysis," said Leonard.

Placement of investment funds of PT Asabri (Persero) which is only based on an analysis of mutual fund placements made on a formal basis, by BTS as Director of PT Hanson International together with HH as Director of PT Trada Alam Minera and Director of PT Maxima Integra, LP as Director of PT Eureka Prima Jakarta Tbk, SJS as Consultant, ES as nominee, RL as President Commissioner of PT Fundamental Resources and Beneficiary Owner and B as BTS nominee for SUGI shares through the ES nominee resulted in irregularities in PT Asabri's stock and mutual funds investment which caused a loss of IDR 23.73 trillion.

Therefore, BTS and HH as parties managing and causing state losses, in this case PT Asabri (Persero), are designated as ML suspects by being subject to articles of suspicion of violating Article 3 and / or Article 4 of Law U Number 8 of 2010 concerning Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering.

"The team of investigating prosecutors will continue to pursue and take action against anyone involved in the case and will be asked to take responsibility for the actions that have been committed in the case," said Leonard.

In addition, the AGO hopes that the public can oversee and support the completion of cases of corruption and money laundering in financial management and investment funds at PT Asabri (Persero).