Attorney General's Office Reveals Roles of Three New Suspects in PT AKT Corruption Case
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has revealed the roles of three new suspects in an alleged criminal corruption case involving irregularities in the management of mining operations by PT AKT (Asmin Koalindo Tuhup) in Murung Raya Regency, Central Kalimantan.
Director of Investigations (Dirdik) of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) of Kejagung, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, stated in Jakarta on Thursday that the three suspects are HS, BJW, and HZM.
Syarief explained that suspect HS was the Head of the Rangga Ilung Port and Harbour Authority (KSOP) Office in Central Kalimantan from September 2022 to May 2025.
While serving as Head of KSOP Rangga Ilung, HS issued sailing approval letters to PT MCM and other companies affiliated with PT AKT.
“However, HS knew that the ship traffic documents for coal cargoes belonged to AKT, which were sold using falsified documents,” he said.
Additionally, HS received unauthorised monthly payments from companies affiliated with suspect ST (Samin Tan), the beneficial owner (BO) of PT AKT.
Due to receiving these funds, HS failed to examine the Verification Result Report (LHV) from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) as a requirement for issuing Sailing Orders. These documents are issued only if other obligations are met, including the validity of the cargo.
“At that time, as we know, PT AKT’s mining permit had been terminated (revoked) in 2017, so there was no further oversight from other parties,” Syarief stated.
He explained that suspect BJW was a Director of PT AKT. BJW, together with suspect ST as the BO of PT AKT, acted as a coal mining contractor through the company.
Based on the Coal Mining Business Work Agreement (PKP2B), PT AKT’s permit had been revoked since 2017.
Without oversight from the Ministry of ESDM and KSOP Rangga Ilung, BJW, along with ST through PT AKT and its affiliate PT BBP as the mining contractor, used documents from PT MCM and PT AC without permits and unlawfully continued mining coal and exporting it until 2025.
Syarief explained that suspect HZM, as General Manager of PT OOWL Indonesia, collaborated with suspect ST and affiliated companies in producing Certificate of Analysis (COA) documents for laboratory tests of coal originating from the revoked PKP2B mining area of PT AKT.
Suspect HZM was actually responsible for checking and preparing the Verification Result Report (LHV) for mining outputs to be submitted as requirements for issuing Sailing Orders from KSOP and paying coal royalties to the government.
However, HZM allowed mining outputs from the revoked PKP2B area of PT AKT to pass by creating inaccurate LHVs and listing the origin under other company names.
The three are charged with violating Article 603 in conjunction with Article 20 letter a or c of Law No. 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code in conjunction with 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.
Subsidiarily, 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.