Investigate 109 Tons Of Gold Corruption, The Attorney General's Office Examines 4 Officials Of PT Antam

Kapuspenkum AGO, Harli Siregar At The AGO Building, Jakarta, Thursday 19 July 2024 (Rizky AP/VOI)

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) continues to investigate the alleged corruption case of gold management weighing 109 tons at PT Antam which occurred between 2010 and 2022. Most recently, investigators examined four witnesses, all of whom were officials of PT Antam.

"The team of investigating prosecutors at the Directorate of Investigation of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) examined 4 witnesses," said Head of the Attorney General's Office, Harli Siregar in his statement, Thursday, September 19.

The four witnesses, among others, MRT as Marketing Manager at the Mulia Metal Processing and Purification Business Unit (UBPP LM) PT Antam Tbk for the 2009 to 2011 period; AK who is the former Marketing Manager of UBPP LM PT Antam Tbk.

Then, BW as the former President Director of PT Emas Antam/Marketing Manager of UBPP LM PT Antam Tbk for the period 2011 to 2014; and HK as Vice President of Risk Management of PT Antam Tbk for the period 2020.

However, it was not clearly conveyed about what the witnesses studied. It is only mentioned when the examination takes place on Wednesday, September 18.

"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 Processing 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 provisional calculations, the value of the state's losses reached Rp1 trillion.