Head Of Customs Intelligence Soekarno-Hatta Airport Examined In Connection With The Gold Corruption Case

JAKARTA - Investigators of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes at the Attorney General's Office examined the Head of Section (Kasi) I of the Main Service Office of Customs and Excise Type C Soekarno-Hatta (Soetta) with the initials AM regarding the investigation into the alleged criminal case of corruption in the management of gold commodity business activities in 2010-2022.

Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Ketut Sumedana, said that the Head of the Intelligence Section I was examined along with eight other witnesses, three of whom were civil servants for Customs and Excise.

"There are nine witnesses examined by investigators related to the alleged corruption case in the management of gold commodity business activities from 2010 to 2022," Sumedana said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, May 29.

Apart from Am, other witnesses were examined, namely three PNS Customs Type C Soekarno-Hatta, each with the initials MGA, LB, and AADY.

Other witnesses from the private sector, namely SJ, LDT alias SL, CE, EEL, and AH. "Witness examination is carried out to strengthen the evidence and complete the filing in the case," said Ketut.

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 Pulogadung, Pondok Gede, Cinere, Depok, Pondok Aren, South Tangerang, and Surabaya, namely PT UBS in Tambaksaridan, 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), the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menkopolhukam) Mahfud MD revealed that there were allegations of money laundering at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise with 15 entities worth Rp. 189 trillion for imports of gold bullion.