Who Is the Coal Business Fugitive Arrested by the AGO?

The Intelligence Reform and Innovation Task Force (SIRI) of the Attorney General’s Office, together with the Tangerang District Prosecutor’s Office and the Banjarmasin District Prosecutor’s Office, has arrested Richard Arief Muljadi, a fugitive in a coal business fraud case. Richard, who was on the Wanted Persons List (DPO) from the South Kalimantan High Prosecutor’s Office, was detained at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang, Banten, upon his return from Singapore on Saturday (20/6).

‘At the time of his arrest, Defendant Richard Arief Muljadi was cooperative, so the security process proceeded smoothly,’ said the Head of the AGO’s Legal Information Centre, Anang Supriatna, in a statement on Sunday (21/6). Anang stated that Richard was charged with criminal fraud in a coal business that caused losses of up to IDR 7 billion. He is charged under Article 378 of the Criminal Code and Article 372 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code, which carries a maximum penalty of eight years in prison.

Anang said Richard’s case file had been transferred to the court, but the individual concerned never appeared. As a result, Richard was placed on the South Kalimantan High Prosecutor’s Office DPO. Following his arrest, Richard was handed over to the Banjarmasin District Prosecutor’s Office for further action.

Furthermore, Anang explained that Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanudin had instructed his staff to monitor and promptly arrest fugitives still at large, in order to carry out executions for the sake of legal certainty. The Attorney General also urged all fugitives on the Indonesian Prosecutor’s Office DPO to immediately surrender and account for their actions, as there is no safe hiding place for fugitives.