Police Seize Rp476 Billion in Assets from House Raid in Sentul
A team of investigators from the Indonesian National Police’s Corruption and Money Laundering Eradication Corps (Kortastipidkor) has seized gold bars, foreign currency and cash worth around Rp476 billion from a house in the Sentul area of Bogor Regency, West Java, in the early hours of Thursday (9/7).
Head of Kortastipidkor, Inspector General Totok Suhatyanto, revealed that the search and seizure at the luxury house formed part of an investigation into alleged corruption and money laundering offences (TPPU).
“We found a locked safe which, once opened, contained seven suitcases holding 74 kilograms of gold bars, 4,767,300 US dollars, 14,083,800 Singapore dollars, as well as Rp100 million in cash,” Totok said after the search.
According to Totok, the total value of the evidence found inside the safe is estimated at around Rp476 billion. In addition to the gold and cash, investigators secured a number of documents, mobile phones and several family photographs believed to be connected to the owner of the house and the owner of the goods stored in the safe.
“The evidence will subsequently be confiscated,” Totok said.
The operation in Sentul forms part of a marathon series of searches conducted by a joint team from Kortastipidkor and the Metro Jaya Regional Police across 12 locations in Jakarta and surrounding areas.
Earlier, the Head of Public Relations for Metro Jaya Regional Police, Senior Commissioner Budi Hermanto, explained that the searches were carried out to gather crucial evidence for the investigation into alleged corruption, bribery, gratification and money laundering offences.
According to Budi, the investigation is intertwined with a number of major cases, including alleged corruption at PT PLN (Persero), PT Asabri (Persero) and PT Krakatau Steel, as well as the settlement of debts owed by PT CBS to PT KNI.
He added that the investigation of these cases is one of President Prabowo Subianto’s main priorities in his efforts to accelerate corruption eradication in the country. As such, the police are pursuing disclosure of the cases intensively and progressively.