THE Attorney General’s Office (AGO) continues to handle the corruption case in the management of gold commodity business activities in 2010-2022. A witness was examined to collect evidence in the corruption.
“The Prosecutor Investigator Team at the Deputy Attorney General’s Investigation Directorate for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) examined one witness,” said the Head of the Attorney General’s Office’s Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum), Harli Siregar, in a written statement, Thursday, July 18, 2024.
The witness examined has the initials IHH as a private party. The witness examination is to explore the connection to the six suspects, namely TK, HN, DM, AHA, MA, and ID.
“Witness examination was conducted to strengthen the evidence and complete the files in the case in question,” said Harli.
6 Suspects
The AGO has named six suspects in the case. They are the General Managers (GM) of the Precious Metals Management and Refining Business Unit or UBPP LM PT Antam for the period 2010 to 2021.
The six suspects include TK (female) as GM UPBB LM PT Antam for the 2010-2011 period, HN as GM UPBB LM PT Antam for the 2011-2013 period, DM as GM UPBB LM PT Antam for the 2013-2017 period. Then, AHA as GM UPBB LM PT Antam for the 2017-2019 period, MA as GM UPBB LM PT Antam for the 2019-2021 period, and ID as GM UPBB LM PT Antam for the 2021-2022 period.
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The suspects have abused their authority by carrying out illegal activities once morest manufacturing services. Where it should be in the form of smelting, refining, and printing of precious metals.
They actually broke the law and without authority attached privately owned precious metals with the LM Antam brand. In fact, these suspects knew that the attachment of the LM Antam brand might not be done carelessly, but must be preceded by a work contract and there was a calculation of the costs that had to be paid.
“Because this brand is the exclusive right of PT Antam,” said the Director of Investigation of the Attorney General’s Office for Special Crimes, Kuntadi, in a press conference at the Attorney General’s Office Building, South Jakarta, Wednesday, May 29, 2024.
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Due to the actions of the suspects during that period, 109 tons of precious metals of various sizes were printed. The gold was circulated in the market simultaneously with the official Precious Metals product of PT Antam.
“So that these illegally branded precious metals have eroded the market for precious metals owned by PT Antam, so that the losses have multiplied once more,” explained Kuntadi.
The 6 suspects are suspected of Article 2 paragraph 1, Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) point 1 of the Criminal Code. (Z-7)
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