AGO: Assets Confiscated By Asabri Reached Rp14 Trillion

Director of Investigation of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes Febrie Adriansyah, Monday, June 14 (Laily Rahmawaty/Antara)

JAKARTA - The Director of Investigations of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes at the Attorney General's Office, Febrie Adriansyah, revealed that the provisional value of the assets confiscated in the investigation into corruption and money laundering of PT Asabri reached Rp14 trillion.

"Today, there are additional assets from the confiscation of PT TRAM shares belonging to Heru Hidayat. If the total value is approximately Rp325 billion, it means that the value of the confiscated assets has exceeded Rp14 trillion," Febrie said when confirmed in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Tuesday, June 15.

The value of the confiscated assets came from the confiscation of assets belonging to nine Asabri suspects. However, the estimated value of confiscated assets is still not equivalent to the calculation of state losses resulting from an audit by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) of Rp22.78 trillion.

Febrie said the value of the assets is still at a provisional estimate because there are a number of assets belonging to the suspect in a blocked status to be confiscated, but waiting for court approval so that the state can confiscate them.

Febrie said there are land assets owned by Benny Tjockro in the Jakarta area of ​​around 300 hectares.

In addition, Febrie continued, there are a number of assets that have been confiscated but the calculations have not yet been completed, such as a number of assets containing nickel mines owned by Heru Hidayat.

Previously, Febrie said investigators were continuing to hunt down the assets of the suspects in the alleged corruption and money laundering (TPPU) case at PT Asabri by concentrating on the assets of the two suspects, Benny Tjockrosaputro and Heru Hidayat.

"The confiscation of the assets of the suspects is still ongoing. The assets rely a lot on these two people, namely Heru Hidayat and Benny Tjockro, so the concentration is there," said Febrie.

For the Asabri case, investigators have handed over phase II files in the form of surrendering the suspect and evidence of seven suspects on 28 May 2021. The seven case files are Adam Rachmat Damiri, Sonny Widjaja, Bachtiar Effendi, Hari Setiono, Lukman Purnomosidi, Jimmy Sutopo, and Ilham W Siregar.

Meanwhile, two other suspects, namely Benny Tjockro and Heru Hidayat, are in the process of filing.

The actions of the suspects are suspected of causing state financial losses as regulated in Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.

The articles of suspicion applied to the suspects, namely primary Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes jo. Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

Subsidiary Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes jo. Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

For Benny Tjockro, Heru Hidayat, and Jimmy Sutopo, investigators pinned an article on the crime of money laundering (TPPU).

In addition, the investigating prosecutor is investigating the possibility of other suspects from the corporate side.