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        "msgid": "attorney-generals-office-examines-more-than-15-witnesses-in-corruption-case-involving-ombudsman-chairman-1776862262",
        "date": "2026-04-22 18:53:49",
        "title": "Attorney General's Office Examines More than 15 Witnesses in Corruption Case Involving Ombudsman Chairman",
        "author": "Ardito Ramadhan",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "The Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) has questioned over 15 witnesses, including internal and external parties from the Ombudsman, in the ongoing corruption investigation concerning nickel mining operations in Southeast Sulawesi that implicates former Ombudsman Chairman Hery Susanto. Hery, now a suspect, is accused of receiving Rp 1.5 billion from a company director to influence policy corrections favouring the firm PT TSHI. This case underscores the challenges in combating corruption within public oversight institutions and the mining sector's governance in Indonesia.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Attorney General\u2019s Office (Kejagung) has\nexamined more than 15 individuals as witnesses to deepen the\ninvestigation into the alleged corruption case related to the management\nof nickel mining operations in Southeast Sulawesi, which has implicated\nthe inactive Ombudsman Chairman Hery Susanto.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of the Legal Information Centre (Kapuspenkum) of Kejagung,\nAnang Supriatna, stated that the witnesses examined include both\ninternal and external parties from the Ombudsman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom internal there are, from external parties as well. Clearly, the\nexaminations have involved more than 15 witnesses,\u201d said Anang at the\nKejagung Building, Jakarta, on Wednesday (22\/4\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>However, Anang did not provide further details regarding the\nidentities of the witnesses or the substance of the examinations\nconducted by the investigators.<\/p>\n<p>Kejagung emphasised that the investigation process is being carried\nout thoroughly to ensure the case construction is clear before taking\nfurther legal steps.<\/p>\n<p>Previously reported, Kejagung arrested and named the Chairman of the\nIndonesian Ombudsman RI, Hery Susanto, as a suspect in the corruption\ncriminal case concerning the management of nickel mining operations in\nSultra.<\/p>\n<p>The Director of Investigations of the Deputy Attorney General for\nSpecial Crimes of Kejagung, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, named Hery as a\nsuspect because he is alleged to have received money amounting to Rp 1.5\nbillion from an individual with initials LKM, the director of a company\nwith initials PT TSHI.<\/p>\n<p>Hery is alleged to have arranged for policies made by the Ministry of\nEnvironment and Forestry to be corrected by the Ombudsman, with\ninstructions for PT TSHI to conduct its own calculations regarding the\nburdens that must be paid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo carry out that, the suspect received a sum of money from Mr LKM,\nwho is the director of PT TSHI; approximately what has been handed over\nfrom this one person is around Rp 1.5 billion,\u201d said Syarief on Thursday\n(16\/4\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>After being named as a suspect, Hery was detained for the first 20\ndays at the Salemba Detention House Branch of the Attorney General\u2019s\nOffice.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/attorney-generals-office-examines-more-than-15-witnesses-in-corruption-case-involving-ombudsman-chairman-1776862262",
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