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        "msgid": "samin-tan-faces-rp-4-2-trillion-fine-who-are-the-state-officials-involved-1775040660",
        "date": "2026-04-01 16:57:32",
        "title": "Samin Tan Faces Rp 4.2 Trillion Fine, Who Are the State Officials Involved?",
        "author": "Fitriyan Zamzami",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Mining",
        "summary": "The Attorney General's Office has named Samin Tan as a suspect in a major coal mining corruption case involving illegal operations by his company PT Asmin Koalindo Tuhup after its contract was terminated in 2017, leading to state losses through unauthorised extraction and sales from 2017 to 2025. A presidential task force imposed a Rp 4.24 trillion administrative fine, which went unpaid, prompting criminal proceedings. Investigations continue into the involvement of state officials who allegedly issued invalid permits, highlighting systemic issues in mining regulation and enforcement.",
        "content": "<p>The Attorney General\u2019s Office (AGO) has yet to name additional\nsuspects in the coal mining corruption case involving suspect Samin Tan\n(ST). Head of the AGO\u2019s Public Relations and Legal Information Centre,\nAnang Supriatna, stated that the investigation team from the Deputy\nAttorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) is still probing the\ninvolvement of numerous state officials suspected in the scandal\nsurrounding Samin Tan\u2019s mining activities through PT Asmin Koalindo\nTuhup (AKT). \u201cClearly, the investigation team is currently delving\ndeeper into the involvement of various parties, including state\nofficials and other affiliated entities suspected of being connected to\nthis case,\u201d Anang said at the AGO in Jakarta on Wednesday (1 April\n2026). Anang noted that the ongoing investigation is gathering evidence\nand witness statements related to the matter. On Tuesday (31 March\n2026), investigators conducted further searches at the offices of the\nPort Authority in South Kalimantan (KSOP Kalsel) and Central Kalimantan\n(KSOP Kalteng). Jampidsus Investigation Director Syarief Sulaiman Nahdi\nexplained that the searches at the KSOP offices were aimed at finding\nevidence concerning the coal shipping transportation activities carried\nout by PT AKT from 2016 to 2025. \u201cSeveral items of evidence, including\ndocuments and electronic evidence, were seized during the searches at\nthe KSOP offices,\u201d Syarief said. He added that his investigation team\nwould continue to probe the alleged involvement of officials in the\nSamin Tan corruption case. Rp 4.2 Trillion Fine The case implicating\nSamin Tan originated from an investigation by the 2025 Forest Area\nRegulation Task Force (Satgas PKH). Task Force Spokesperson Barita\nSimanjuntak revealed that PT AKT was one of thousands of mining and\nplantation companies inventoried for encroaching on state lands and\noperating in unlicensed areas. \u201cThis includes the company owned by\nsuspect ST,\u201d Barita said on Saturday (28 March 2026). The Satgas PKH had\ndirectly verified and clarified with Samin Tan and PT AKT regarding\ntheir illegal activities over nine years. It was found that PT AKT\ncontrolled at least 1,699 hectares of coal mining area in Murung Raya\nRegency, Central Kalimantan, based on a Coal Mining Business Work\nAgreement (PKP2B) that had been revoked. From December 2025 to January\n2026, the Satgas PKH issued summonses and demanded administrative\naccountability for PT AKT\u2019s illegal activities. The task force,\nestablished by President Prabowo Subianto, required PT AKT to pay a\nsanction fine of Rp 4.24 trillion for mining and sales activities from\n2017 to 2025. However, the administrative sanction was ignored.\nConsequently, the Satgas PKH escalated PT AKT\u2019s illegal activities to\nthe legal realm. \u201cThis is part of the forest area regulation process,\nwhich is then followed up legally by the Jampidsus team at the Attorney\nGeneral\u2019s Office to ensure law enforcement,\u201d Barita stated. On Friday\nnight (27 March 2026), Jampidsus announced Samin Tan as a suspect and\nplaced him in detention. Jampidsus Investigation Director Syarief\nSulaiman Nahdi explained that Samin Tan was charged for his role as the\nbeneficial owner of PT AKT, which is affiliated with PT Borneo Lumbung\nEnergi &amp; Metal (BLEM). \u201cThe designation of ST as a suspect was made\nafter the investigation team obtained sufficient evidence through a\nseries of investigative actions, including witness examinations and\nsearches,\u201d Syarief said on Saturday (28 March 2026). The case that led\nSamin Tan to detention concerns PT AKT\u2019s activities as a coal mining\ncontractor on government-owned land in Murung Raya Regency, Central\nKalimantan. The coal mining contract was based on a Coal Mining Business\nAgreement (PKP2B) dated 31 May 1999. In October 2017, the mining\ncontract ended with the issuance of a termination letter via the\nMinister of Energy and Mineral Resources\u2019 decision No.\u00a03714\nK\/30\/MEM\/2017. However, that ministerial decision did not stop PT AKT\u2019s\nmining activities. \u201cWith the termination as per the Minister of Energy\nand Mineral Resources\u2019 decision, PT AKT should no longer have the right\nto conduct coal mining in the PKP2B agreement area,\u201d Syarief said. It is\nknown that PT AKT continued coal mining until 2025 and conducted sales\nof mining outputs in the area referring to the original PKP2B. \u201cThe\nactivities carried out by PT AKT were unlawful and illegal,\u201d Syarief\nstated. The activities by PT AKT naturally involved suspect Samin Tan\nalong with his affiliates. Investigations revealed that the coal mining\nand sales activities by PT AKT since the PKP2B revocation relied on\ninvalid permits issued by state officials. And this, according to\nSyarief, caused financial losses to the state and the national economy.\n\u201cSuspect Samin Tan, through PT AKT and its affiliates, unlawfully\nconducted mining and sales using invalid permit documents in\ncollaboration with state officials responsible for supervising mining\nactivities,\u201d Syarief said. \u201cThus, the actions by suspect Samin Tan\nthrough PT AKT harmed the state\u2019s finances and\/or economy,\u201d he\nadded.<\/p>",
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