The Attorney General's Office Examines Antam's Financial Manager Regarding The Corruption Case Of Gold Business Management

G Muda For Special Crimes (Dirdik Jampidsus) Kuntadi And Head Of The Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) Of The Attorney General's Office Ketut Sumedana/ANTARA

JAKARTA - Investigators of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the Attorney General's Office examined the Finance Manager of the Mulia Metal Business Unit, PT Antam, Tbk with the initials MF as a witness in the investigation of the alleged corruption case in the management of gold commodity business activities in 2010-2022.

Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Indonesian Attorney General's Office Ketut Sumedana said the MF was examined along with two other witnesses.

Two other witnesses, namely K as PHL for Soekarno-Hatta Customs and MCR as Head of Database Management Section.

"The three witnesses were examined regarding the investigation of the case to strengthen the evidence and complete the filing in the case," Sumedana said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, June 6.

Previously, Tuesday (6/6), Jampidsus investigators also examined three witnesses, namely HTM as the former Senior Vice President of the Internal Audit of PT Antam, TBK, I as the private sector and HW as the Director of PT Indah Golden Signature.

In this case, Jampidsus investigators have raised the status of the investigation to the investigation of the alleged corruption case in the management of gold commodity business activities for the period 2010 to 2022, based on the Investigation Order Number: Print-14/F.2/05/2023 dated May 10, 2023.

The investigative team started the case handling activities by conducting searches in several places, namely Pustudung, Pondok Gede, Cinere, Depok, Pondok Aren, South Tangerang and Surabaya, namely PT UBS in Tambaksari and PT IGS in Genteng. Searches were also carried out at the Customs and Excise Office.

From the results of the search, several important documents were obtained and confiscated as well as electronic evidence allegedly related to the case.

Regarding the corruption of this gold commodity, on Wednesday (29/3), Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD revealed allegations of money laundering at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise with 15 entities worth Rp. 189 trillion for imports of gold bullion.