KPK Seizes Pemuda Pancasila Chairman's Assets Linked to Coal Mining Gratification Case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that a number of assets seized from the control of the Chairman of the National Executive Board of Pemuda Pancasila, Japto Soerjosoemarno, are connected to alleged gratuities in a coal corruption case in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan. “There is an allegation that the assets in JPT’s (Japto’s) control that were subsequently seized are related to the suspected receipt of gratuities from the suspects,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo at the KPK’s Red and White Building in Jakarta on Tuesday (01/07). Budi confirmed that the seized assets included several vehicles. Japto himself has undergone questioning as a witness to assist investigators in grouping or clustering the assets that were previously confiscated. “This is also needed to cluster which suspects the assets are allegedly connected to, because the KPK is developing this case with the naming of three new corporate suspects, so it will become clearer which suspects the assets are linked to,” Budi continued. This case is an extension of the case that ensnared former Kutai Kartanegara Regent Rita Widyasari. On 28 September 2017, the KPK named Rita, along with President Director of PT Sawit Golden Prima Hery Susanto Gun and Commissioner of PT Media Bangun Bersama Khairudin, as suspects for gratuities related to oil palm plantation location permits. The investigation continued to develop, and on 16 January 2018, Rita and Khairudin were named suspects for money laundering. In the process, the KPK seized a large number of assets. On 19 February 2025, the KPK revealed a flow of funds to Rita from the coal mining sector with an estimated value of 5 US dollars per metric ton. A year later, on 19 February 2026, the anti-corruption agency named three corporations as new suspects in the coal production gratuity scandal in Kutai Kartanegara. The three corporations are PT Sinar Kumala Naga, PT Alamjaya Barapratama, and PT Bara Kumala Sakti. The examination of Japto Soerjosoemarno is part of the KPK’s effort to clarify the connection between the seized assets and the suspects, both individuals and corporations, in the mining corruption scandal.