The Attorney General's Office Explores The Origin Of 109 Tons Of Antam's Illegal Gold

The appearance of gold has not been processed. (ANTARA).

JAKARTA - Investigators of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) are investigating the origin of the supply of 109 tons of illegal gold produced by PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) or Antam.

The Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Ketut Sumedana, emphasized that 109 tons of gold produced with the Antam stamp are genuine, and are circulating only in Indonesia. "The circulation is all in Indonesia, only the source of gold can also come from abroad, some of which also come from illegal miners and illegal entrepreneurs, we are still investigating all of these," said Ketut in Jakarta, quoted from ANTARA, Wednesday, June 5. According to him, gold 109 tons were produced into precious metals (LM) Antam without going through correct verification and procedures. Nevertheless, LM Antam is still valid and can be sold again to Antam. "I think it is not a problem, surely the gold will be accepted by PT Antam, because gold in circulation is real gold," he said. "The only thing that we counted yesterday was, because he (gold) we considered was illegal so that some state income towards the legalization of PT Antam's stamp became reduced and lost," he said. In addition, there was a gold supply in that society being high, so that between demand and supply being incommensurate, the price of gold in the market became low. Ketut said that the value of state financial losses due to this case was still calculated by the Supreme Audit Agency and Development (BPKP) According to him, calculating gold prices was not difficult. Because gold prices were international standards and there were market prices. "Well, we took the price for which so became state losses, that was one," he said. Second, several income items that must be accepted by the state; because not through one procedure it would be a loss to the state. "This is what we will calculate later," said Ketut. Junior Attorney General Investigator for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) The AGO has determined six General Managers of the Good Metal Management and Purification Business Unit (UBPPLN) PT Antam for the 2010-2022 period as suspects. They are TK as TKM UBPPLN for the period 2010 2011, HN for the period 2011 2013, DM for the period 2013 20117, AH for the 2017-2019, MAA for the period 2019'-2021, and the ID period 2021

Meanwhile, investigators continue to examine witnesses who know, see and hear about the case. Tuesday (4/6), investigators examined six witnesses from Antam's side.

The six witnesses examined were witness MA as the Audit Committee of PT Antam; DI as CEO of Office Division Head; FAK as Corporate Secretary of PT Antam Tbk; VM as Risk Management Division Head of PT Antam Tbk; DS as Head of CGC and Compliance PT Antam Tbk; and HTM as Former Senior Vice President Internal Audit of PT Antam Tbk. "The witness examination was carried out to strengthen the evidence and complete the filing in the case," said Ketut.