The KPK Plans To Open Again Investigation Director Of PT Loco Montrado

Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Karyoto/DOK PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) plans to re-investigate the Director of PT Loco Montrado, Siman Bahar. This step was taken after they lost to the pretrial lawsuit filed by the private sector at the South Jakarta District Court (PN). "We will repeat it again, we will update the sprindik (investigation warrant, red)," said KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Karyoto to reporters at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, January 17. Karyoto said, the anti-corruption commission could suspect Siman as a suspect in the alleged corruption in the metal anode management cooperation between PT Antam Tbk and PT Loco Montrado in 2017. Moreover, the evidence of his involvement is now stronger after the KPK named the General Manager of the Metal Management and Purification Business Unit of PT Antam Tbk Dodi Marnius as a suspect. "At that time (in the pretrial, ed) maybe yesterday we studied it by the fingerprint and prosecutor team (Jaksa the public prosecutor)," said Karyoto. "That the reason we were defeated was that at that time there was something (evidence, ed) that was not too strong. Now it is strong (the evidence, ed)," he continued. Previously, the KPK detained General Manager of the Metal Management and Purification Business Unit, PT Antam Tbk Dodi Marbeli. The detention was carried out because he was a suspect in alleged corruption in the metal anode management cooperation between PT Antam Tbk and PT Loco Montrado in 2017. In this case, Dodi allegedly did not use the services of the company that had signed the agreement. The decision was taken unilaterally during the cooperation. He prefers to cooperate with PT Loco Montrado. Dodi did not even report the election to the directors of the state-owned company. In fact, in the appointment of the private company there were a number of irregularities. First, the company has no the same experience or technical ability as PT Antam Tbk in managing metal anodes. Furthermore, the private company does not have international certification issued by the association of precious metal traders, namely the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA). Finally, the contract was also made with a date pushed back and PT Loco Montrado allegedly exporting metal anodes with banned low gold levels. As a result of Dodi's actions, the state is said to have lost up to Rp100.7 billion. This amount is obtained from the calculation of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK).