KPK Summons Coal Mining Boss Said Amin After His House Was Ransacked Regarding Rita Widyasari's Money Laundering

KPK Spokesperson Team Budi Prasetyo (DOK VOI/Wardhany Tsa Tsia)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned the coal mining boss, Said Amin regarding the alleged gratification and money laundering that ensnared former Kutai Kertanegara Regent Rita Widyasari today, Monday, June 10. He became a witness after his house was searched by investigators last week. "“ Scheduled witness examination," said KPK Spokesperson Team Budi Prasetyo to reporters, Monday, June 10. Budi has not detailed the matter of the investigation. However, Said, who is a Commissioner of PT Core Energy Resource, is suspected of knowing Rita's actions, so investigators need to ask for information. "The examination was carried out at the Red and White KPK Building," he said. As previously reported, Said Amin's house, which is the boss of a coal mine in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, was searched by investigators on Thursday, June 6. From the search, dozens of cars allegedly related to gratification and money laundering of former Kutai Kertanegara Regent Rita Widyasari were confiscated. In this case, hundreds of vehicles consisting of cars and motorbikes up to billions of rupiah have been confiscated by investigators from searches in Jakarta, Samarinda City to Kutai Kertanegara Regency. 72 cars and 32 motorbikes have been confiscated; land and buildings in six locations; and money in rupiah denominations amounting to Rp6.7 billion and Rp2 billion in US and other dollar denominations. Then documents and electronic evidence were also confiscated. The amount reaches hundreds which will then be analyzed because it is suspected to be related to the case that ensnared Rita. For information, Rita Widyasari was named a suspect along with Commissioner of PT Media Bangun Bersama, Khairudin on January 16, 2018. Both are suspected of washing money from project and licensing gratuities at the Kutai Kertanegara Provincial Government worth Rp436 billion.

Rita is currently a resident of Pondok Bambu Women's Prison, East Jakarta because she was proven to have received gratuities of Rp. 110.7 billion and bribes of up to Rp. 6 billion from permit applicants and project partners. He had to serve a sentence of 10 years in prison which was handed down by the Jakarta Corruption Court on July 6, 2018.