Attorney General's Office Designates Suspect in ST Mining Case, Manager of PT AKT
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has designated a suspect in the alleged criminal corruption case involving irregularities in the management of mining operations, initialled ST (Samin Tan), who is the beneficial owner or manager of PT AKT, which has been operating illegally from 2017 to 2025.
The Director of Investigations for the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) of the AGO, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, explained that AKT, a coal mining company based on a coal mining business contract (PKP2B), had its permit revoked in 2017.
However, he said, the mining company continued to operate despite being illegal or unauthorised.
“PT AKT continued to carry out mining and sales of mining products unlawfully and against the law until 2025,” said Syarief at the Attorney General’s Office building in Jakarta on Saturday morning.
He stated that the suspect ST, through PT AKT and its affiliates, allegedly unlawfully conducted mining and sales using invalid licensing documents and collaborated with state officials.
However, he did not explain the identity of the state officials responsible for mining supervision.
As a result, he said, ST’s actions through PT AKT are alleged to have caused losses to state finances or the national economy.
“Meanwhile, the amount of state financial losses is still being calculated by a team of auditors from BPKP,” he said.
He explained that the designation of the suspect was carried out after the investigation team obtained sufficient evidence through a series of investigative actions, namely the examination of witnesses and searches conducted in West Java, South Kalimantan, DKI Jakarta, and Central Kalimantan.
“To date, searches are still ongoing, especially in Central Kalimantan and South Kalimantan,” he said.
In the case, the suspect ST is charged under Article 603 jo Article 20 letter a or c of Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code jo Article 18 of Law No. 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption jo Law No. 20 of 2001 on Amendments to Law No. 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.
And, subsidiary articles, namely Article 604 jo Article 20 letter a or c of Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code jo Article 18 of Law No. 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption jo Law No. 20 of 2001 on Amendments to Law No. 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption jo Article 618 jo Article 20 letter a or c of Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code.
“The suspect ST has been subjected to coercive measures, namely detention for the next 20 days at the Salemba Detention Centre Branch of the Attorney General’s Office,” he said.
Previously, the Forest Area Control Task Force (Satgas PKH) retook control of 1,699 hectares of land used as a mining area by PT AKT in Murung Raya Regency, Central Kalimantan.
The Head of the Law Enforcement Information Centre (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General’s Office, Anang Supriatna, said the step was taken following the revocation of the operational permit or PKP2B through the Decree of the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) No. 3714 K/30/MEN/2017 dated 19 October 2017.
Based on verification results, he said, Satgas PKH found several fundamental violations related to licensing.