KPK Seizes PP Chairman Japto Soerjosoemarno's Assets in Coal Graft Case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that a number of assets seized from the Chairman of the Pemuda Pancasila National Leadership Council, Japto Soerjosoemarno, are linked to gratuities from suspects in an alleged coal corruption case in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan. “There is an allegation that the assets under the control of JPT (Japto) that were 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. He further confirmed that the seized assets included several vehicles. Budi explained that Japto was examined as a witness on Tuesday to assist in the clustering of previously seized assets. “This is also needed to cluster which assets are allegedly connected to which suspects, because the KPK is developing this case with the naming of three new corporate suspects, so it will be clearer which assets relate to whom,” he explained. The case originated when the KPK named 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 for alleged gratuities on 28 September 2017. In that case, Rita was suspected of receiving gratuities related to the granting of an oil palm plantation location permit to PT Sawit Golden Prima in Kupang Baru Village, Muara Kaman District, Kutai Kartanegara Regency. The KPK later developed the case and on 16 January 2018 named Rita and Khairudin as suspects in a money laundering case. During the investigation, the KPK seized various assets suspected to be linked to the case, including 91 vehicles, several items of economic value, five plots of land totalling thousands of square metres, and 30 luxury watches from various brands. The seizure was announced by the KPK 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 5 US dollars per metric tonne of coal. In the latest development, on 19 February 2026, the KPK named three corporations as suspects in the gratuity case related to coal production in Kutai Kartanegara, namely PT Sinar Kumala Naga, PT Alamjaya Barapratama, and PT Bara Kumala Sakti.