Police Seize 74 kg of Gold Bars in Bogor Raid Linked to PLN, ASABRI, and Krakatau Steel Corruption Cases
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian National Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipikor), together with the Special Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police, seized tens of kilograms of gold bars and foreign currency after searching a luxury house in the Sentul area of Bogor, West Java.
The search was carried out in connection with investigations into three cases of alleged corruption and money laundering involving PT PLN (Persero), PT ASABRI (Persero), and PT Krakatau Steel.
“Yes, it is true (gold bars were found),” said the Head of Public Relations of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police, Commissioner Budi Hermanto, in Jakarta on Thursday.
Budi explained that the evidence, consisting of foreign currency cash and gold bars weighing a total of 74 kilograms, is estimated to be worth up to hundreds of billions of rupiah.
Based on information gathered outside the Special Criminal Investigation Directorate building of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police, all of the evidence, packed in several suitcases, arrived at around 10.20 am local time using tactical vehicles and under tight escort by dozens of Mobile Brigade personnel.
On one of the suitcases unloaded by officers, there was a label reading ‘Suitcase 2, 25 gold bars of 1 kg’. Several officers even had to lift the suitcase together due to the weight of its contents.
A joint team from the National Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps and the Jakarta Metropolitan Police carried out searches at twelve different locations scattered across Jakarta and its surroundings, in connection with the investigation into an alleged corruption and money laundering case involving PT PLN (Persero), PT Asabri (Persero) and PT Krakatau Steel.
The Head of Public Relations of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police, Commissioner Budi Hermanto, explained that the series of activities was part of legal action taken by the joint team to gather evidence.
“This is part of the search activities carried out by the joint team,” he said in a statement received in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Budi explained that as of Wednesday (8 July) evening, the joint team had completed searches at two locations in South Jakarta, namely the de’Clan Signature café in Cipete and Koin Money Changer in South Cipete.
Meanwhile, the search process was still ongoing at ten other locations, namely:
PT CBS, East Cengkareng, West Jakarta
PT CBS (Head Office), Penjaringan, North Jakarta
PT KNI, South Petojo, Central Jakarta
House of Mr MN, North Serpong, South Tangerang
House of Mr TK, Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta
Office/Group DMG / CP, Kuningan, South Jakarta
PT PML, Karet Kuningan, South Jakarta
House of Mr DR, South Gandaria, South Jakarta
House of Ms MILDK, Pacific Place Apartment, South Jakarta
A house in Sentul, Bogor Regency