Attorney General's Office transfers five PT QSS corruption suspects to Central Jakarta Prosecutor's Office

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has transferred five suspects and evidence related to the alleged corruption involving irregularities in the governance of Mining Business Licences (IUP) and/or IUP Production Operation (IUP-OP) of PT QSS in West Kalimantan for the period 2017-2025 to the Central Jakarta District Prosecutor’s Office.

The Head of the Legal Information Centre (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General’s Office, Anang Supriatna, stated in Jakarta on Thursday, that the five suspects include SDT, also known as Aseng, the beneficial owner of PT QSS, and YA, a Commissioner of PT QSS.

Other suspects include IA, a licensing consultant for PT QSS and Director of PT BMU; HFSD, a mining analyst at the Directorate of Mineral Business Development of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM); and AP, the Director of PT QSS.

“The handover of suspects and evidence was carried out after the case files for SDT, alias Aseng, and others were declared complete by the prosecution team, supported by evidence including statements from 113 witnesses, eight experts, and documentary evidence,” said Anang.

The case involves PT QSS conducting the illegal sale of bauxite sourced from outside its IUP area without proper due diligence and using fraudulent data.

These bauxite sales took place between 2020 and 2024 using export approval documents that were issued without proper verification, allegedly carried out in collaboration with state officials.

Furthermore, PT QSS did not possess a smelter, which is a mandatory requirement for export licensing.

According to the State Financial Loss Audit Report from the Indonesian Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) dated 11 September 2026, the actions of the suspects, including SDT, alias Aseng, and related parties, are alleged to have caused state financial losses amounting to Rp4.093 trillion.