Attorney General's Office charges PT Bumi Sentosa Jaya in Sultra nickel case
Investigators suspect the company kept mining after its permit expired, entered protected forest and paid bribes to bypass document checks.
The Attorney General's Office has named PT Bumi Sentosa Jaya (BSJ) as a corporate suspect in a case of alleged corruption in nickel mining governance in Sulawesi Tenggara in the 2013-2025 period. Investigators suspect PT BSJ kept mining even though the company's mining business permit expired in 2014. The company is also accused of mining in a protected forest area and using IUP documents to sell nickel ore as if it came from the permitted area.
Head of the Attorney General's Office's legal information center Anang Supriatna said investigators also suspect money was given to state officials so that evaluation and verification of the documents would not be carried out. The state losses are still being calculated. As the case developed, investigators searched six company offices allegedly affiliated with Arif Kurniawan, including PT KAA in Konawe Utara, and seized licensing documents, RKAB, IPPKH and electronic evidence.