Attorney General's Office names three new suspects in PT AKT mining corruption case

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has named three new suspects in the alleged criminal corruption case concerning deviations and management of mining operations at 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 a case development. Accordingly, we have named three suspects,” said Director of Investigations (Dirdik) of Jampidsus at Kejagung, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, at the Jampidsus Building in Jakarta on Thursday.

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

The three are suspected of violating Article 603 in conjunction with Article 20 letter a or c of Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code, along with Article 18 of Law No. 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, as amended by Law No. 20 of 2001.

Subsidiary to Article 604 in conjunction with Article 20 letter a or c of Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code, along with Article 18 of Law No. 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, as amended by Law No. 20 of 2001, and Article 618 in conjunction with Article 20 letter a or c of Law No. 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 subsequently named 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 said.

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

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

The suspect ST, through PT AKT and its affiliates, is alleged to have conducted mining and sales using invalid licensing documents and collaborated with state officials.