AGO names Ombudsman chief suspect in mining bribery scandal

Director of Investigation for the Assistant Attorney General for Extraordinary Crimes, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, said on Thursday that the alleged crimes occurred while Susanto was serving as an Ombudsman Commissioner during his previous 2021–2026 term.

Prosecutors allege that Susanto accepted bribes from a private firm, PT TSHI, in exchange for manipulating non-tax state revenue (PNBP) calculations to benefit the company.

“The suspect was named after investigators obtained sufficient evidence through a series of investigative actions and searches,” Nahdi stated during a press briefing in Jakarta on Thursday.

Following the announcement, Susanto was immediately taken into custody.

He will be detained at the Salemba detention center’s South Jakarta branch for an initial period of 20 days pending further investigation.

Susanto remained silent as he was escorted by officials into a detention vehicle late Thursday morning.

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Translator: Nadia Putri Rahmani, Aditya Eko Sigit Wicaksono