Attorney General Confiscates Matahari Mall And Maestro Hotel West Kalimantan Belong To Asabri Corruption Suspect Benny Tjokro

The AGO confiscates land and buildings for Matahari Mall and Maestro Hotel West Kalimantan belonging to Asabri corruption suspect Benny Tjokro (DOC. Kejagung)

JAKARTA - The investigating team at the Attorney General's Office has again confiscated assets in the form of land, mall, and hotel belonging to Benny Tjokro, a suspect in the alleged corruption case at PT. Asabri.

"The assets belonging to the suspect who was successfully confiscated in the case are assets belonging to and/or related to the BTS suspect," said Head of Attorney General's Office, Leonard Eben Ezer Simanjuntak, in a written statement, Saturday, 27 Mert.

The confiscated assets in the form of land, mall, and hotel belonging to corruption suspect Asabri Benny Tjokro are in Mempawah and Pontianak, West Kalimantan.

Leonard said that the assets confiscated were in the form of six plots of land and/or buildings. The confiscation was confirmed by the Deputy Chairman of the Pontianak District Court on Thursday, March 25.

"Which basically gives permission to the Attorney General's Office investigators to confiscate land and/or buildings in Pontianak City," said Leonard.

In accordance with the Decision of the Deputy Chairperson of the Pontianak District Court Number: 10/Pen.Pid.Sus-TPK/2021/PN.PTK dated March 24, 2021, the assets belonging to or related to the suspect Benny Tjokro are one plot of land and/or building according to HGB No. 469 located in Pontianak City with an area of 9,820 square meters.

The AGO confiscates land and buildings for the Matahari Mall and Maestro Hotel West Kalimantan belonging to Asabri corruption suspect Benny Tjokro (DOC Attorney General)

Furthermore, one plot of land and/or building according to HGB No. 511 which is located in Pontianak City with an area of 577 square meters.

"On the two parcels of land, stands a permanent building, namely the Pontianak Matahari Mall," said Leonard.

Meanwhile, based on the Decision of the Deputy Chairperson of the Pontianak District Court Number: 12/Pen.Pid.Sus-TPK/2021/PN.PTK dated March 24, 2021, assets belonging to or related to Benny Tjockrosaputro, namely one plot of land and/or building according to HGB No. 38 (formerly No. 2058) which is located in Pontianak City with an area of 2,034 square meters.

One plot of land and/or building according to HGB No. 57 (formerly No. 2055) which is located in Pontianak City with an area of 93 square meters.

"On the two plots of land stands a permanent building, namely the Maestro Hotel Pontianak," he said.

Next, one plot of land and/or building according to HGB No. 58 (formerly No. 2057) which is located in Pontianak City with an area of 166 square meters and one plot of land and/or building according to HGB No. 59 (formerly No. 2056) which is located in Pontianak City with an area of 159 square meters.

Furthermore, said Leonard, the assets belonging to or related to the suspect Benny Tjokro which are still in the process of being confiscated by the Investigating Team of the Attorney General's Office in the form of three stretches of land covering an area of approximately 833 hectares (8,330,000 square meters) located in Peniti Luar Village, Sungai Purun Besar Village and Sungai Burung Village in Mempawah Regency.

"The confiscated assets of the suspects will then be assessed or assessed by the Public Appraisal Service Office (KJPP) to be calculated as a rescue for state financial losses in the next process," said Leonard.

The alleged financial management and investment fund crime case by PT. Asabri has caused a loss of Rp. 23.73 trillion in state finances.