Tracing Allegations Of Industrial Salt Import Corruption, The AGO Checks Former Minister Of KKP Susi Pudjiastuti

Head of the Attorney General's Office for Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum Kejagung) Ketut Sumedana. ANTARA/HO-Kejaksaan Agung

JAKARTA - Investigators of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) of the Attorney General's Office examined former Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) Susi Pudjiastuti as a witness in the alleged corruption case of importing industrial salt. "Yes (examined) it is already in the Roundabout Building," said Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Indonesian Attorney's Office, Ketut Sumedana, quoted from Antara, Friday, October 7. Ketut said that regarding the examination of Susi as a witness in the salt import case, his full statement will be conveyed by the Director of Investigation (Dirdik) of Jampidsus Kuntadi at the Roundabout Building, after Friday prayers. "Later Dirdik doorstop," said Ketut Susi Pudjiastuti arrived at the Roundabout at around 09.00 WIB accompanied by her lawyer. The position of this case in 2018 there were 21 salt importers who received a quota of 3,770,346 tons of industrial salt import approval or a value of Rp2 trillion without taking into account the local salt stock and available industrial salt stocks, resulting in abundant industrial salt. The importers then transferred against the law on the allocation of industrial salt to consumption salt with a price comparison that was quite high, resulting in losses for local salt farmers and losses to the State economy. The Prosecutor's Office has not named a suspect in this case, nor is the state loss being calculated.