KPK Requests Data on Three Corporate Suspects During Examination of ESDM Director

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) requested data related to three corporate suspects while examining the Director of Coal Business Development at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Asep Permana, as a witness on 15 June 2026. “Investigators, among other things, requested data on coal production in metric tonnes related to the corporate suspects,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to journalists in Jakarta on Tuesday. According to Budi, the data and testimony from Asep Permana supplement previous witness statements in the investigation of an alleged gratuity case linked to coal production in Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan. The three corporate suspects are PT Sinar Kumala Naga, PT Alamjaya Barapratama, and PT Bara Kumala Sakti. “It supplements previous statements, where investigators are also confirming and comparing non-tax state revenue (PNBP) data from the coal production in metric tonnes,” he said. He explained that the PNBP being examined by KPK investigators relates to hauling work, or the transport of mining material, and the use of jetties or docks for transporting coal. “Because there is indeed PNBP that must be paid by companies conducting activities in the mining sector,” he continued. The case originated from the naming of Kutai Kartanegara Regent Rita Widyasari, President Director of PT Sawit Golden Prima Hery Susanto Gun, and Commissioner of PT Media Bangun Bersama Khairudin as suspects in an alleged gratuity case on 28 September 2017. Rita was suspected of receiving a bribe of Rp6 billion related to the granting of a palm oil plantation location permit to PT Sawit Golden Prima in Kupang Baru Village, Muara Kaman District. On 16 January 2018, the KPK again named Rita and Khairudin as suspects in a suspected money laundering case. During the investigation, the KPK seized 91 vehicles, various items of economic value, five plots of land totalling thousands of square metres, and 30 luxury watches of various brands. The seizure was announced on 6 June 2024. Subsequently, on 19 February 2025, the KPK revealed the alleged receipt of funds by Rita from the coal mining sector, valued at approximately 5 US dollars per metric tonne of coal. On 19 February 2026, the KPK named three corporations as suspects in the alleged gratuity case related to coal production in Kutai Kartanegara: PT Sinar Kumala Naga, PT Alamjaya Barapratama, and PT Bara Kumala Sakti.