AGO Examines 4 New Witnesses In Antam 109 Tons Of Gold Corruption Case

Kapuspenkum AGO Harli Siregar/DOK IST

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office (AGO) continues to investigate cases of alleged corruption in gold management weighing 109 tons at PT Antam which occurred between 2010 and 2022. Most recently, investigators examined four witnesses.

"The Directorate of Investigation of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) examined 4 witnesses," said the Head of the Attorney General's Office, Harli Siregar in his statement, Tuesday, September 17.

The four witnesses examined were ABF as Coordinator of Mineral Operations and Marketing Business Supervision; KPN as a private party; IS as an Employee of PT Antam Tbk; and HBA who is the Head of the Treasury Division of PT Antam Tbk.

However, it was not clearly stated what was extracted from the statements of the witnesses. It is only mentioned when the examination takes place on Tuesday, September 17.

"The witness examination was carried out to strengthen the evidence and complete the filing in the case," said Harli.

In handling this case, the AGO has named 13 suspects. Six suspects are former General Manager of the Mulia Metal Management and Purification Business Unit (UB PPLM) PT Antam from various periods.

They have the initials TK as GM in the period 2010-2011, HN as GM for the period 2011-2013, and DM as GM for the period 2013-2017. Then, AH as GM for the period 2017-2019, MAA as GM for the period 2019-202, and ID as GM for the period 2021-2022.

Meanwhile, the other seven suspects are service customers with the initials LE, SL, SJ, JT, HKT, GAR, and DT.

In addition, from the results of the preliminary calculations, the value of the country's losses reached Rp1 trillion