National Police Name Two Suspects in Mining Company Deed Forgery Case
Mining company PT Bososi Pratama (BP) has welcomed the firm and measured steps taken by the National Police Headquarters (Mabes Polri) in naming AU and a notary with the initial C as suspects in the alleged criminal act of forging PT BP’s authentic deed back in 2017.
PT BP’s legal counsel, Zetriansyah, stated that the impact of the deed forgery was highly detrimental to the company. The consequences included overlapping ownership, civil court conflicts, administrative issues with the Ministry of Law and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, and the obstruction of production processes.
“The civil ownership of PT BP has been repeatedly adjudicated in the Supreme Court (MA) and all rulings were won by Jason Kariatun (JK). But strangely, in 2025, the Southeast Sulawesi Regional Police prematurely named Kariatun as a suspect,” Zetriansyah said in Jakarta on Monday (22/6).
According to him, this anomaly and other legal considerations led to the case being taken over by the National Police Headquarters. Since then, he has been confident the case would be handled professionally and justice would be properly served.
“Finally, that anomaly was fully answered yesterday, 19 June 2026, when AU was named a suspect. We certainly appreciate the National Police for objectively upholding the law and straightening out this long-tangled ownership case,” he stated.
He hopes that AU and the notary with the initial C will cooperate with the ongoing legal process so the case can be resolved quickly. When asked about the possibility of the suspect evading the legal process, Zetriansyah still believed AU would act cooperatively.
“Yes, there is always a possibility, especially given his history of being on a wanted list (DPO) and then arrested by the Attorney General’s Office Task Force in 2024, if I’m not mistaken. Hopefully, that won’t happen in this case,” he said.
It is known that JK is the lawful owner of PT BP. This is based on three cassation rulings and one judicial review decision by the Supreme Court. The four rulings were decided by 12 Supreme Court justices, all of whom ruled in favour of PT. Bososi Pratama with Legal Entity Administration Number: AHU-AH.01.09-0248259 belonging to Kariatun.
In 2024, JK subsequently sold all shares to PT ADG after winning the judicial review. Despite this, AU, as the defeated party, continued to carry out illegal mining activities on PT BP’s mining site.
On that basis, PT ADG, as the current owner of PT BP and the party most harmed, is demanding that AU’s illegal mining activities also be investigated.
“In total, around 5 to 7 million tonnes of our ore have been stolen and illegally extracted since 2017 until now, so we hope this will also be investigated and that money laundering articles (TPPU) will be applied,” Zetriansyah explained.