Corruption Suspects Asabri Benny Tjokro And Heru Hidayat Immediately Trial

Kapuspenkum AGO Leonard Eben Ezer Simanjuntak/ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office (AGO)'s team of investigators has handed over the second phase of the two dossier of suspects in the alleged corruption case of PT Asabri, Benny Tjockrosaputro and Heru Hidayat. Both of them will be tried soon.

The Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Leonard Eben Ezer Simanjuntak, said that the prosecutor's investigators had handed over the responsibility for the suspect and evidence or phase II for the two suspects to the Public Prosecutor, the Directorate of Jampidsus Prosecution, the Attorney General's Office and the East Jakarta District Attorney's Office.

"After the handover of the responsibilities and evidence above, the Public Prosecution Team will immediately prepare an indictment letter to complete the delegation of the two case files mentioned above to the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court," Leonard said as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, 28 July.

Benny Tjockrosaputro BTS as Director of PT Hanson Internasional and Heru Hidayat as Director of PT Trada Alam Minera and Director of PT Maxima Integra are two of the nine suspects in the alleged corruption case at PT Asabri.

The Attorney General's Office investigators had previously delegated stage two of the other seven suspects to the Public Prosecutor's Office at the end of May 2021.

PT Asabri from 2012 to 2019 made investment placements in the form of buying shares or mutual fund products to certain parties through a number of 'nominees' (borrowed names) affiliated with Benny Tjockrosaputro and Heru Hedayat without being accompanied by fundamental analysis and technical analysis and made only formally.

The President Director, Investment and Finance Director and Head of the Investment Division of PT Asabri are suspected of collaborating in the management and placement of PT Asabri's investment in the form of shares and mutual fund products with Benny Tjockrosaputro and Heru Hidayat.

This case cost the state finances Rp22.78 trillion, which is the value of PT Asabri's investment funds which were placed in stocks and mutual funds in an illegal manner.

Leonard said that based on the facts revealed from the results of the investigation, the suspects Benny Tjockrosaputro and Heru Hidayat were also suspected of committing a crime of money laundering.