Attorney General's Office: Head of KSOP Receives Monthly Payments in PT AKT Mining Corruption Case
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has revealed a flow of monthly funds received by the Head of the Harbourmaster and Port Authority Office (KSOP) in Rangga Ilung, Central Kalimantan, with initials HS, in the alleged corruption case involving the management of coal mining operations by PT Asmin Koalindo Tuhup (AKT).
Director of Investigations at the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi stated that the receipt of these funds occurred from the time HS assumed the position until the period ending in 2025.
“The suspect also received monthly illicit payments from companies affiliated with suspect ST (Samin Tan), who is the beneficial owner (BO) of PT AKT,” said Syarief during a press conference at the AGO building in Jakarta on Thursday evening (23/4/2026).
“Regarding the amount of money, we are currently compiling a recapitulation, but it varies. This has been from 2022 until 2025. It varies,” he explained.
In this case, the AGO has named three suspects: HS as the Head of KSOP Rangga Ilung, BJW as Director of PT AKT, and HZM as General Manager of PT OOWL Indonesia.
Syarief explained that the funds were provided to ensure HS continued issuing sailing approval letters despite knowing the coal transportation documents were invalid.
In fact, PT AKT’s mining business permit was known to have been terminated since 2017.
However, mining activities and coal shipments are alleged to have continued without proper oversight.
“Thus, the suspect did not conduct checks on verification result reports from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources as a requirement for issuing sailing orders,” he said.
The number of companies involved in this practice is said not to be large, with most affiliated with Samin Tan.
“Not up to a dozen companies. Because almost all of them are companies owned by those affiliated with suspect ST,” Syarief revealed.
The other suspect, HZM, is alleged to have played a role in manipulating laboratory test result documents or Certificate of Analysis (COA) for coal.
He is said to have produced verification reports that did not match the actual conditions to facilitate coal shipments.
The AGO also stated that HZM was initially uncooperative, skipping two investigator summons before being forcibly brought in and named a suspect.
Previously, in developing this case, the Jampidsus investigation team conducted searches at several KSOP offices in South Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan.
From these searches, investigators seized various shipping documents and electronic evidence related to the companies’ activities.