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        "msgid": "police-examine-15-witnesses-in-coal-corruption-case-1783756300",
        "date": "2026-07-11 13:36:54",
        "title": "Police Examine 15 Witnesses in Coal Corruption Case",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNN_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Investigators from Polda Metro Jaya and the Police Corruption Eradication Corps have questioned 15 witnesses in connection with alleged corruption and money laundering involving coal and Asabri. The witnesses include employees from a caf\u00e9 and a money changer in South Jakarta, as well as a driver and security guards. The investigation is part of a joint probe into three separate corruption cases, which has also seen the seizure of cash in multiple currencies and dozens of kilograms of gold bullion.",
        "content": "<p>Polda Metro Jaya held a press conference on the progress of the\ninvestigation into alleged corruption cases involving coal, Asabri, and\nKrakatau Steel, following searches at 12 locations from Jakarta to\nSentul, Bogor Regency. The Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya,\nCommissioner Budi Hermanto, stated that investigators from the Special\nCriminal Investigation Directorate and the Police Corruption Eradication\nCorps have examined 15 witnesses in the case involving alleged\ncorruption and money laundering related to coal and Asabri. \u2018Fifteen\nwitnesses have been questioned so far,\u2019 he said on Friday (10\/7). Among\nthe witnesses are two employees of de\u2019Clan Signature caf\u00e9 in Cipete,\nSouth Jakarta, and four employees of Koin Money Changer in Cipete, with\nthe initials DH, HH, ER, and RB. Both locations were searched on\nWednesday (8\/7). Another witness from a search location in Gandaria,\nSouth Jakarta, has the initials DR, and a witness from the Pacific Place\nsearch location has the initials TK. \u2018Including one witness, T, the\ndriver of DR, as well as a witness named NH. The location searched last\nnight involved a witness with the initials MIL. Two more witnesses are\nsecurity guards in Sentul with the initials R and A,\u2019 Budi said. He\nexplained that the joint investigation team is continuing to deepen the\nprobe into the three corruption cases. \u2018Investigators are taking steps\nto deepen the investigation into alleged criminal acts of corruption,\nincluding bribery, gratification, and money laundering,\u2019 he stated. The\nHead of the Police Corruption Eradication Corps, Inspector General Totok\nSuharyanto, previously explained that three corruption cases are being\nhandled through a joint investigation mechanism with Polda Metro Jaya.\n\u2018The handling of corruption and money laundering cases in the legal\nprocess for the PLN coal case, then the Asabri case from 2020 to 2025,\nand the alleged corruption case in the debt settlement process of PT CBS\nto PT KNI (a subsidiary of Krakatau Steel) from 2020-2025,\u2019 he told\nreporters at a search location in Cipete. Regarding the case, Budi said\ninvestigators have searched 12 locations in the Jakarta area up to\nSentul, Bogor, West Java. A number of pieces of evidence, including cash\nin various currencies such as US and Singapore dollars, as well as\ndozens of kilograms of gold bullion, were seized by the police during\nthe searches.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/police-examine-15-witnesses-in-coal-corruption-case-1783756300",
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