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        "id": 1696973,
        "msgid": "samin-tan-allegedly-pays-bribes-to-ksop-head-to-clear-coal-ships-1776988311",
        "date": "2026-04-23 21:15:16",
        "title": "Samin Tan Allegedly Pays Bribes to KSOP Head to Clear Coal Ships",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNN_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "The Attorney General's Office has accused coal tycoon Samin Tan of paying monthly bribes to the head of the Harbourmaster and Port Authority (KSOP) in Central Kalimantan to allow illegal coal shipments to pass using falsified documents. This scheme involved PT Asmin Koalindo Tuhup (AKT), whose mining permit was terminated in 2017, yet operations continued through collusion with officials and falsified verification reports. Three additional suspects, including the KSOP head and directors from related companies, have been named, highlighting ongoing corruption in Indonesia's mining sector despite regulatory termination.",
        "content": "<p>The Attorney General\u2019s Office (AGO) states that tycoon Samin Tan paid\nmonthly bribes to the Head of the Harbourmaster and Port Authority\n(KSOP) to clear ships carrying illegal coal. Director of Investigations\nfor the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes, Syarief Sulaeman\nNahdi, mentioned that the bribe money was received by Handry Sulfian\n(HS), the Head of KSOP Rangga Ilung in Central Kalimantan. In return,\nSyarief said the suspect Handry then issued sailing approval letters for\nPT MCM and other companies. \u201cHowever, suspect HS knew that the ship\ntraffic documents for the coal-loaded vessels belonged to PT Asmin\nKoalindo Tuhup (AKT), which were sold using incorrect documents,\u201d he\nstated during a press conference on Thursday (23\/4). He explained that\nthe monthly money was received directly by Handry from Samin Tan, the\nBeneficial Owner of PT AKT. Syarief noted that the amount of money given\nvaried from 2022 to 2025. He added that suspect Handry also failed to\ncarry out his duty to check verification result reports from the\nMinistry of Energy and Mineral Resources as a requirement for issuing\nsailing orders. \u201cAs we know, PT AKT\u2019s mining permit was terminated in\n2017. Therefore, during that time, there was no supervision from other\nplaces; the only oversight was from KSOP,\u201d he said. In addition, Syarief\nstated that investigators have also named Bagus Jaya Waedhana, Director\nof PT AKT, as a suspect. Bagus acted as a coal mining contractor based\non a terminated PKP2B since 2017. Bagus, he said, also used documents\nfrom several other companies without permits to unlawfully conduct coal\nmining and exports. Thirdly, suspect Helmi Zaidan Mauludin, General\nManager of PT OOWL Indonesia, which operates in maritime and cargo\nsectors. Based on his role, Helmi and Samin Tan colluded to create\nCertificate of Analysis (COA) documents for laboratory tests of coal\nfrom PT AKT\u2019s mining results. \u201cSuspect HZM was tasked with conducting\nchecks and, as a surveyor, performing verifications and creating reports\non mining results,\u201d he explained. He stated that these documents were\nthen submitted as requirements for issuing sailing orders from the\nHarbourmaster Authority or KSOP and for coal royalty payments. \u201cThis\nallowed the mining output from the terminated PT AKT to pass by creating\ninaccurate verification reports and listing the origin under other\ncompany names,\u201d he concluded. Previously, the AGO named tycoon Samin Tan\nin a corruption case involving illegal mining management in Central\nKalimantan from 2016 to 2025. In this case, Samin Tan, as the beneficial\nowner or beneficiary of AKT, is alleged to have continued illegal mining\nand coal sales activities from 2017 to 2025 unlawfully. In fact, PT\nAKT\u2019s mining activities were revoked through a Termination Letter in the\nMinister of Energy and Mineral Resources\u2019 Decree Number 3714\nK\/30\/MEM\/2017. However, these illegal mining activities continued\nbecause Samin Tan is suspected of colluding with state officials.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/samin-tan-allegedly-pays-bribes-to-ksop-head-to-clear-coal-ships-1776988311",
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