AGO Asks Pegadaian To Estimate The Price Of 36 Gold Paintings Of Asabri Suspect, Jimmy Sutopo

The Attorney General's Office asks Pegadaian to assess the value of the gold painting confiscated from Jimmy Sutopo, a corruption suspect, Asabri (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) asked Pegadaian to assess the value of the gold painting confiscated from Jimmy Sutopo, a suspect in the alleged corruption of financial management and investment funds by PT Asabri.

"Fellow investigators invite Pegadaian to be an expert in 'appraisal' (assessment) of gold paintings owned by Jimmy Sutopo," said Director of Investigation at Jampidsus Kejagung Febrie Adriansyah in Jakarta as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, March 17.

Febrie said, the number of paintings made of gold that will be valued is 36 paintings.

Apart from gold painting, Pegadaian was also involved in calculating the value of the jewelry confiscated from the other suspects.

"For a long time the appraisal was carried out depending on Pegadaian, hopefully it can be done soon," said Febrie.

The allegedly gilded painting was discovered by investigators during a search of Raffles' apartment on the 36th floor, South Jakarta, on Thursday, March 4.

The evidence of the gold painting is suspected to be the result of a criminal act of money laundering with a 'pridicate crime' of corruption committed by the suspect Jimmy Sutopo.

Earlier, Monday, March 15, three luxury cars belonging to Jimmy Sutopo were moved by the investigating prosecutor from Raffles' apartment to be returned to the Head Office of PT Asabri (Persero).

The three luxury cars, namely a black Rolls Royce Phantom Coupe with police number B 7 EIR, a Mercedes Bens type M-AMG S63 CPAT (C217CBU) and a black Nissan Teana with police number B 1940 SAJ.

Febrie added, in addition to jewelry and gold paintings, his party also collaborated with experts from ESDM (energy and mineral resources) to calculate the value of nickel mines in Central Kalimantan.

The team of investigating prosecutors at the Attorney General's Directorate of Investigation for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the AGO confiscated assets belonging to suspect Heru Hidayat, namely the 3,000 hectare nickel mining area in the name of PT Tiga Samudra Perkasa, the nickel mining area in the name of PT Mahkota Nickel Indonesia covering an area of 10,000 hectares The nickel mining area in the name of PT Tiga Samudra Nikel covering an area of 10,000 hectares.

Meanwhile, the nine suspects who have been named in the Asabri case are the Director of PT Asabri for the period 2011 - March 2016 (Ret.) Major General Adam Rachmat Damiri, the President Director of PT Asabri for the period March 2016 - July 2020 (Purn) Lt. Gen. Sonny Widjaja, Finance Director of PT Asabri for the period October 2008-June 2014 Bachtiar Effendi, Director of PT Asabri for the period 2013 - 2014 and 2015 - 2019 Hari Setiono.

Head of Investment Division of PT Asabri July 2012 - January 2017 Ilham W Siregar, Managing Director of PT Prima Network Lukman Purnomosidi and Director of PT Jakarta Emiten Investor Relations Jimmy Sutopo.

Then President Director of PT Hanson International Tbk Benny Tjokrosaputro and Commissioner of PT Trada Alam Minera Heru Hidayat. Both Benny and Heru are suspects in the corruption case at PT Asuransi Jiwasraya.

This case allegedly caused losses to state finances amounting to IDR 23.73 trillion. The state losses in this case were far greater than in the Jiwasraya case