Kejagung seizes Rp401 billion in alleged Sultra nickel graft
The figure matches BPKP's estimate of state losses, while investigators prepare to identify those to face criminal liability.
Kejaksaan Agung has seized Rp401 billion in an investigation into alleged corruption in nickel governance from 2017-2020 in Sulawesi Tenggara involving PT Ceria Nugraha Indotama. Investigators are tracing alleged nickel exports at a time when the company had not yet obtained a Work Plan and Budget. In the case, PT CNI is also suspected of arranging assay test results so nickel content below 1.7 percent still met export requirements that were supposed to apply only above that level. Investigators said the exports used invalid documents. The seized amount follows BPKP's calculation of state losses of Rp401.653.737.469,69. The money handed over by PT CNI is now being held in a Government Other Account at Bank Mandiri, and investigators are still gathering evidence to determine who will be held criminally responsible.