Former KSOP Head Who Received Payments from Samin Tan to Face Trial Soon
The Attorney General’s Office has transferred suspect Handry Sulfian and evidence to public prosecutors at the Central Jakarta District Prosecutor’s Office. Sulfian is the former head of the Rangga Ilung Port Authority Office who became entangled in the Samin Tan mining corruption case.
On Thursday, 13 August 2026, at the Central Jakarta District Prosecutor’s Office, investigators from the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes carried out the handover of the suspect and evidence to the prosecution team, said the Attorney General’s Office spokesperson, Anang Supriatna, in a statement on Saturday, 15 August 2026.
Sulfian is suspected of receiving payments from companies affiliated with Samin Tan so that illegal coal belonging to Samin Tan’s PT Asmin Koalindo Tuhup in Murung Raya, Central Kalimantan, could sail even though its permit had been terminated.
The suspect issued sailing approval letters to companies affiliated with Samin Tan even though he knew that the ship traffic documents contained coal belonging to PT Asmin Koalindo Tuhup whose permit had already been terminated, Anang said.
Furthermore, Sulfian is suspected of receiving money from ship agents as compensation for issuing sailing approval letters without conducting checks in accordance with regulations.
The suspect received money from ship agencies to issue sailing approval letters, including from PT AC, even though he never directly checked the source of the coal as required by applicable technical guidelines, Anang explained.
The illegal receipt of money caused Sulfian to ignore his obligation to examine important documents from the relevant ministry.
Because the suspect received money unlawfully from companies affiliated with Samin Tan, he failed to examine the Verification Results Report from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources as a requirement for issuing the sailing order, even though that document is issued only when other obligations are met, including the validity of the cargo, Anang continued.
Sulfian is now detained under the authority of the Central Jakarta District Prosecutor’s Office. The detention is for 20 days, from 13 August 2026 to 1 September 2026.
For his actions, Sulfian is charged under Article 603 or Article 604 in conjunction with Article 20 of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Eradication Law.
The prosecution team at the Central Jakarta District Prosecutor’s Office will prepare the indictment and transfer the case file to the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta Class IA Special District Court, Anang concluded.