This Case Leads to Ombudsman RI Chairman Being Named Suspect by Attorney General's Office

The Attorney General’s Office has detained the Chairman of the Indonesian Ombudsman, Hery Susanto. Hery Susanto has been designated as a suspect in a case concerning nickel mining governance from 2013 to 2025.

“Today, Thursday, 16 April, the Jampidsus investigative team has designated HS as a suspect in the alleged criminal corruption case in nickel mining business governance activities from 2013 to 2025,” stated the Head of Investigation of Jampidsus at the Attorney General’s Office, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, during a press conference at the Attorney General’s Office in South Jakarta, on Thursday (16/4/2026).

He said the suspect designation was made after obtaining several pieces of evidence, including through searches. He mentioned that HS received Rp 1.5 billion.

“Initially, there was one company, PT TSHI, which had issues with PNBP calculations by the Ministry of Forestry, then PT TSHI sought a way out,” he explained.

PT TSHI, together with Hery, arranged for a letter from the Ministry of Forestry to be corrected by the Ombudsman. In response, the Ombudsman instructed PT TSHI to perform its own calculations regarding the obligations it must pay.

“This suspect received a sum of money from Mr LKM, who is the director of PT TSHI, approximately Rp 1.5 billion that has been handed over from this one person,” he said.