First Hearing in Samin Tan Mining Corruption Case Set for 5 November
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has transferred the case files in the alleged corruption case involving the management of PT Asmin Koalindo Tuhup (PT AKT), with Samin Tan (ST) named as a defendant. The first hearing, at which the indictment against Samin will be read, is scheduled for next week.
“The case number is 86/Pid.Sus-TPK/2026/PN Jkt.Pst, defendant Samin Tan,” Central Jakarta District Court spokesperson Andi Saputra said in a statement on Friday (30 October 2026).
In addition to Samin, prosecutors will read indictments against four other defendants in the case. They are:
Case number 90/Pid.Sus-TPK/2026/PN Jkt.Pst, defendant Muhammad Juni Eka Wardana
Case number 89/Pid.Sus-TPK/2026/PN Jkt.Pst, defendant Helmi Zaidan Mauludin
Case number 88/Pid.Sus-TPK/2026/PN Jkt.Pst, defendant Handry Sulfian
Case number 87/Pid.Sus-TPK/2026/PN Jkt.Pst, defendant AA. Ngr. Bagus Jaya Wardhana
“The first hearing is scheduled for Thursday, 5 November 2026,” he said.
The AGO previously named Samin Tan a suspect in an alleged corruption case involving irregularities in the management of PT Asmin Koalindo Tuhup (AKT) in Murung Raya regency, Central Kalimantan. Samin Tan is said to be the beneficial owner of PT AKT.
Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, director of investigations at the AGO’s Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes, said the company had previously operated under a Coal Mining Concession Work Agreement (PKP2B). However, its licence was revoked in 2017.
Despite the revocation, PT AKT allegedly continued mining and selling coal illegally until 2025.
“After [the licence] was revoked, PT AKT continued mining and selling its output unlawfully until 2025,” Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, director of investigations at the AGO’s Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes, said at a press conference at the AGO in South Jakarta on Friday evening (27 March).
The activities were allegedly carried out by using invalid permits and co-operating with state officials responsible for oversight of the mining sector. He said the activities had caused losses to the state.
The AGO has said that state losses in the case total Rp17.7 trillion.
“The state losses in the Samin Tan case have been calculated at Rp17.7 trillion,” AGO spokesperson Anang Supriatna told reporters on Thursday (16 July).
Anang did not provide details on whether the losses stemmed from taxes or other sources. The AGO said the losses were calculated over the period from 2017 to 2026.
“I don’t yet know the details [whether they were from taxes or another source]. The state losses have been established. It covers the period they [carried out the activity], from 2017 to 2025 or 2026,” he said.