Mining Corruption Case: Suspect HZM Forcibly Brought to Attorney General's Office After Twice Ignoring Summons
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) forcibly brought in HZM, General Manager of PT OOWL Indonesia, after he twice failed to respond to investigators’ summons in the alleged corruption case of mining business permit deviations at PT Asmin Koalindo Tuhup (AKT).
Director of Investigation at the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi stated that HZM was initially summoned as a witness but was later designated as a suspect following coercive measures.
“Today, we conducted a forced summons on the witness, whom we subsequently designated as a suspect, namely suspect HZM as GM of PT OOWL Indonesia, because the individual was uncooperative and had twice failed to comply with the Attorney General’s summons,” said Syarief during a press conference at the AGO Building, Jakarta, on Thursday evening (23/4/2026).
In this case, Syarief explained, HZM is alleged to have played a role in manipulating coal laboratory test result documents or certificate of analysis (COA), as well as mining verification reports.
“The suspect HZM was tasked with conducting checks, and as a surveyor, performing verifications and preparing mining result verification documents or LHP for submission as requirements for issuing sailing orders from the Port Authority or KSOP and coal royalty payments,” he clarified.
As a result, coal originating from PT AKT’s mine, whose permit had been terminated since 2017, could still be marketed and exported.
In addition to HZM, investigators have also designated two other suspects: HS as Head of KSOP Rangga Ilung and BJW as Director of PT AKT.
The three are alleged to have collaborated in facilitating the release of illegal mining output through the use of invalid documents and administrative manipulation.
They are charged under Articles 603 and 604 of the Corruption Eradication Law (Tipikor).
This case is a development from the previous corruption case involving Samin Tan.
During the investigation process, the Jampidsus team has also conducted searches at several KSOP offices in South Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan.
The searches were carried out to seek evidence related to alleged misuse of mining business permits, including shipping documents and electronic evidence.