Attorney General's Office Investigates Dozens of Companies Allegedly Involved in the Sale and Purchase of Final Audit Reports
The Indonesian Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) is investigating dozens of companies suspected of being involved in the sale and purchase of Final Audit Reports (LAHP) from the Indonesian Ombudsman. This investigation is an extension of the alleged corruption case at the Ombudsman, with the Chairman of the Ombudsman, Hery Susanto, as the suspect.
“We have investigated, and it turns out that there are not only the companies we mentioned earlier. There are other companies. But we are investigating whether these companies were directly involved or if they acted as intermediaries,” said the Director of Investigation at the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (JAM Pidsus) of the Attorney General’s Office, Syarif Sulaeman Nahdi, on Friday, May 15, 2026.
Syarif explained that the 17 companies are suspected of being involved in the sale and purchase of LAHP during Hery Susanto’s tenure as a commissioner. However, investigators are still investigating the value of the transactions from each company.
He added that the investigative team has also found parties who acted as intermediaries between the Ombudsman and companies that needed the LAHP. Therefore, it is possible that there will be other suspects in this case.
“So, the intermediaries are people who gathered the companies and contacted the Ombudsman, the individuals involved in the alleged criminal act,” he said.
For information, the Chairman of the Ombudsman, Hery Susanto, has been named a suspect in the alleged corruption in the management of nickel mining businesses for the period 2013–2025 by the Indonesian Attorney General’s Office.
In fact, Hery was only appointed Chairman of the Ombudsman by President Prabowo Subianto on April 10.
The arrest of Hery Susanto began with an investigation conducted by the Attorney General’s Office regarding the alleged corruption in the management of nickel mining businesses for the period 2013–2025.
In the initial stage, the investigative team of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) collected various pieces of evidence through a series of activities such as summoning witnesses, conducting searches, and examining documents and financial flows.
From the results of the investigation, there was strong evidence that Hery Susanto, who at that time served as a Commissioner of the Indonesian Ombudsman for the period 2021–2026, was allegedly involved in practices that benefited one company, namely PT TSHI, especially regarding the calculation of non-tax state revenue (PNBP). He is suspected of receiving a sum of money in exchange for this intervention.