Role of KSOP Head in Mining Case: Issuing Sailing Permits Despite Invalid Documents
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has revealed the role of HS, the Head of the Port Authority and Harbour Master’s Office (KSOP) Rangga Ilung, in the alleged corruption case of mining business permit deviations at PT Asmin Koalindo Tuhup (AKT).
Director of Investigation of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi stated that HS is one of three new suspects designated in the case development.
“Essentially, suspect HS, as Head of KSOP Rangga Ilung, issued sailing approval letters to PT MCM and other companies. However, suspect HS knew that the ship traffic documents for the coal cargo belonged to AKT and were sold using incorrect documents,” said Syarief during a press conference at the Kejagung Building, Jakarta, on Thursday night (23/4/2026).
Not only that, HS is also alleged to have received illegal monthly payments from companies affiliated with Samin Tan, the beneficial owner of PT AKT.
The receipt of this money is suspected to have caused HS to neglect his duty to check verification result reports from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) as a requirement for issuing sailing instruction letters.
In fact, PT AKT’s mining permit had been terminated since 2017, so mining activities and coal distribution should no longer have been taking place.
“Thus, at that time, as we know, PT AKT’s mining permit had been terminated in 2017. Therefore, during that period, there was no supervision from elsewhere; what was there was the KSOP,” explained Syarief.
In addition to HS, investigators have also named two other suspects: BJW, Director of PT AKT, and HZM, General Manager of PT OOWL Indonesia.
The three are suspected of collaborating to facilitate the illegal mining output through the use of mismatched documents and manipulation of verification reports.
Currently, the suspects have been detained for 20 days at the Class I Cipinang Detention Centre.
“The suspects are charged with violating Article 603 and subsidiarily 604 (Anti-Corruption Law), just like the others,” stated Syarief.
This case is a development from the corruption case implicating Samin Tan.
In the investigation process, the Jampidsus team has also conducted searches at several KSOP offices in South Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan.
From these searches, investigators seized various shipping documents and electronic evidence items allegedly related to the corruption practices.