Prosecutor's Office Examines The Indonesian Ambassador To PNG Until The Police Become Witnesses In The Pertamina Land Mafia Case

DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office / DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - The special criminal investigation team of the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) examined several witnesses, ranging from the ambassador to members of the police as witnesses in the land mafia case on land owned by PT Pertamina.

"We are examining witnesses again in order to uncover a malicious conspiracy related to the distribution of Rp244.6 billion of money belonging to PT Pertamina," said Assistant for Special Crimes (Aspidsus) for the Jakarta Attorney General's Office, Abdul Qohar, in a written statement quoted by Antara, Saturday, May 28.

There were also witnesses, namely ANS as the Indonesian Ambassador to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands; US as a witness in the Pertamina Land Lawsuit Civil trial; RP as the Registrar of the East Jakarta District Court; Members of the Satpalwal Dirlantas Polda Metro Jaya initials DS and AH as lawyers.

Qohar said investigators examined a number of witnesses this Friday regarding the distribution of money to several parties which was the proceeds from the execution of Rp244.6 billion belonging to PT Pertamina.

The examination of these witnesses, he continued, aims to uncover allegations of conspiracy or malicious conspiracy related to the alleged corruption case of the land mafia over assets belonging to PT Pertamina.

Based on the results of the examination of a number of witnesses, he said, investigators obtained evidence of documents and electronic data related to the distribution of money belonging to Pertamina which was received by a number of parties.

Qohar explained that the object of this case was an asset belonging to PT Pertamina on Jalan Pemuda, Rawamangun, East Jakarta.

The investigation itself is based on the Investigation Order of the Head of the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office Number: Print-1018/M.1/Fd.1/04/2022 dated April 4, 2022.

In addition, Qohar emphasized that the investigative team at the Special Prosecutor's Office of DKI Jakarta next week will designate a number of parties as suspects for allegedly receiving hundreds of billions of funds belonging to PT Pertamina.

"We will schedule an examination the following Sunday to determine the relevant parties, who qualify for the act and criminal responsibility to all parties," he said.

Head of Jakarta Attorney General's Office, Ashari Syam, said that the investigative team had collaborated with the Financial Transaction and Analysis Reporting Center (PPATK) to trace the flow of funds to a number of parties.

This is because, he said, of the Rp244.6 billion value for the compensation payment, the heirs receive half of it and the rest or part of it goes to a number of related parties.

"The heirs received the hundreds of billions of money from Pertamina, because they won the civil lawsuit on land belonging to PT Pertamina which was submitted to the court. However, the related parties are suspected of having received (splashed) the flow of funds, this is being investigated by investigators," said Ashari, Tuesday (26/26). 4).

However, he has not been able to explain in detail who the parties suspected of receiving the money are other than the heirs of the late Hadi Sopandi Hospital.

"Currently, it is not possible to explain or convey who the parties suspected of receiving the money are," said Ashari.

However, said Ashari, the Jakarta Attorney General's Office Aspidsus investigators already have the names of those suspected of receiving the money.