Police Display Evidence of Dollars and Gold Bars in Corruption Case
The Indonesian National Police (Polri) have searched 13 locations and seized various items of evidence linked to an investigation into alleged corruption and money laundering connected to coal matters and Asabri.
The various items of evidence were displayed at a press conference held at the Promoter Building of the Metro Jaya Regional Police on Friday (10/7).
Based on observations by CNNIndonesia.com, the evidence included cash in rupiah denominations, US dollars and Singapore dollars.
In addition, a number of gold bars were also shown. The gold bars are known to have been seized from the home of Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Ardiansyah at Parahyangan Golf 2, Sentul, Bogor, West Java, on Wednesday (8/7).
More than a dozen shipping containers holding various items of evidence seized from a number of locations were also on display, along with two computer monitors taken during the seizures.
Earlier, the Head of the National Police’s Financial and General Crimes Task Force (Kakortas Tipidkor), Commissioner General Totok Suharyanto, said the searches were carried out as part of investigations into three separate cases.
According to him, the cases are being handled jointly with the Metro Jaya Regional Police under a joint investigation mechanism.
“The handling of the corruption and money laundering cases involves legal proceedings against the PLN coal case, then Asabri from 2020 to 2025, and the alleged corruption case in the settlement of debts owed by PT CBS to PT KNI (a subsidiary of Krakatau Steel) from 2020 to 2025,” Totok told reporters at the search location in Cipete.
Totok said officers seized cash and gold bars from a number of the searched locations.
From the search of a café in Cipete, police opened all the safes and seized around Rp60 billion in cash, comprising S$3,000,000, US$889,965 and Rp259,159,000. The second floor of the café has been sealed off by investigators for the purposes of the investigation.
Meanwhile, in a search of Koin Money Changer, police seized 71 items of evidence and 16 foreign currencies with a total value of Rp7.2 billion. That location has also been sealed.
At the Jampidsus’s home, investigators found gold bars weighing 74 kg as well as cash in various denominations.
“Then there was US$4,767,300, S$14,083,800, and Rp100 million. The estimated total in rupiah is valued at Rp476 billion,” he said.