AGO Detains One Corruption Suspect In Antam's Subsidiary

DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - Investigators from the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) have arrested one suspect in the alleged corruption case of buying and selling coal mining business permits (IUP) in Sarolangun Regency, Jambi by a subsidiary of PT Antam Tbk.

The detention of one suspect with the initials AT increased the number of suspects detained by the Attorney General's Office investigators. There are five people detained out of a total of 6 suspects

"The suspect AT is being held for the next 20 days at the Salemba Rutan at the South Jakarta District Attorney's Office," said the head of the AGO's Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) Leonard Eben Ezer Simanjuntak, quoted by Antara, Thursday, June 3.

The suspect AT was taken to the Salemba Rutan at the South Jakarta District Attorney's Office (Kejari), after undergoing a preliminary examination at the Junior Attorney General's Roundabout for Special Crimes at 17:46 WIB.

Leonard revealed that AT's role as Director of Operations for PT Indonesia Coal Resources (ICR) a subsidiary of PT Antam Tbk in this case, was to apply for an additional capital of Rp121 billion, and the submission was done without checking in the field and even using data from the seller.

"The article that is suspected is the same as the four other suspects who were detained on Wednesday (2/6) yesterday," Leonard said.

After the arrest of one suspect, the AGO investigator team will also make efforts to arrest another suspect, namely MT, who serves as Commissioner of PT Citra Tobindo Sukses Perkara.

Leonard said MT was unable to attend today's examination due to illness, and the plan would be for a recall next week.

Previously, the AGO investigators detained four suspects in the alleged corruption case of irregularities in the process of transferring a 400-hectare coal mining business permit (IUP) in Sarolangun Regency, Jambi, from a subsidiary of PT Antam Tbk.

The four suspects are AL as President Director of PT Antam Tbk for the period 2008-2013, HW as Director of Operations for PT Antam Tbk, BM as former President Director of PT ICR for the period 2008-2014, and MH as Commissioner of PT Tamarona Mas Internasional for the period 2009-present.

The investigative team has determined that the suspects will be detained for 20 days starting from June 2, 2021 to June 21, 2021. Three people are placed at the Salemba Rutan at the Attorney General's Office, and one person is at the South Jakarta District Attorney's Office.

In the alleged corruption case that cost the state finances Rp92.5 billion, the AGO investigator team has named six people as suspects since January 2019.

The alleged corruption case occurred when the President Director of PT ICR collaborated with PT Tamarona Mas International as the Contractor and Commissioner of PT Tamarona Mas International who had received an offer to sell or take over the IUP for coal production operations on behalf of PT Tamarona Mas International covering an area of 400 hectares. consists of IUP OP covering an area of 199 hectares and IUP OP covering an area of 201 hectares.

Then, the application for approval for the takeover of the IUP OP covering a total area of 400 hectares was submitted to the Commissioner of PT ICR through letter Number 190/EXT-PD/XI/2010 dated November 18, 2010 to the President Commissioner of PT ICR regarding the Plan for Acquisition of PT TMI and approved by letter Number 034/ Commissioner/XI/2010 dated 18 November 2010 regarding the Planned Acquisition of PT TMI.

In fact, PT TMI transferred an IUP OP covering an area of 199 hectares and an exploration IUP covering an area of 201 hectares in accordance with letter Number TMI-0035-01210 dated December 16, 2010 regarding the Application for Change of Ownership of an Exploration IUP covering an area of 201 hectares from PT TMI to PT Citra Tobindo Sukses Perkasa.

This action is against the law, because the approval for the planned acquisition of PT TMI given by the President Commissioner of PT ICR is the property asset of PT TMI which is the object of the acquisition, which is an IUP which has been upgraded to a production operation in accordance with letter No. 034/Komisaris/XI/XI/2010 dated 18 November 2010 regarding the Planned Acquisition of PT TMI.

In addition, there is a property/asset valuation report File Number: KJPP-PS/Val/XII/2010/057 dated 30 December 2010 and a Legal Due Diligence Report for the acquisition on 21 December 2010. The actions of the suspects resulted in state financial losses of Rp92, 5 billion.

The suspects were charged with Article 2 paragraph (1), Article 3 of Law no. 31/1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended and supplemented by Law no. 20/2001 concerning Amendments to Law No. 31/1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code.