Attorney General's Office Adds Three New Suspects in PT AKT Illegal Mining Corruption Case, Officials to Company Bosses Implicated

Jakarta, VIVA - The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has designated three individuals as new suspects in the alleged criminal corruption case concerning the deviation and management of mining operations by PT AKT (Asmin Koalindo Tuhup) in Murung Raya Regency, Central Kalimantan.

“Today, Thursday, 23 April 2026, the investigative team from the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) conducted case development. Accordingly, we have designated three people as suspects,” stated the Director of Investigation (Dirdik) of Jampidsus Kejagung, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, on Thursday, 23 April 2026.

They are HS (Hendry Sulfian), the former Head of the Harbour Master’s Office and Port Authority (KSOP) Rangga Ilung, Central Kalimantan; BJW (Bagus Jaya Wardhana), the Director of PT AKT; and HZM (Helmi Zaidan Mauludin), the General Manager of PT OOWL Indonesia, which operates in the maritime and cargo sector.

The three are suspected under Article 603 in conjunction with Article 20 letter a or c of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code, joined with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, joined with Law Number 20 of 2001 on Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.

Subsidiary to Article 604 joined with Article 20 letter a or c of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code, joined with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, joined with Law Number 20 of 2001 on Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, joined with Article 618 joined with Article 20 letter a or c of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code.

Subsequently, the three will undergo detention at Class I Cipinang Detention Centre for the next 20 days. Syarief also revealed that they forcibly summoned HZM due to his lack of cooperation.

“We conducted a forced summons for the witness, who was then designated as a suspect, namely suspect HZM, General Manager of PT OOWL Indonesia, because the individual was uncooperative and had failed to comply with summonses from the Prosecutor’s Office on two occasions,” he stated.

Previously, Kejagung had designated ST (Samin Tan), the beneficial owner or manager of PT AKT, as a suspect in this case.

For information, PT AKT, a coal mining company based on a coal mining business work agreement (PKP2B), had its permit revoked in 2017. However, the mining company continued operations until 2025 despite being illegal or unauthorised.