Former ESDM officials have been named in a coal manipulation case as a suspect

Jakarta – The office of the Bengkulu prosecutor has named a new suspect in the alleged corruption case of coal mining. Former Technical and Environmental Director of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Sunindyo Suryo Herdadi (SSH), is in this case the new suspect. “Investigators of Bengkulu High prosecutors called a suspect with the initials SSH in the alleged corruption of coal mining crimes,” the attorney -general’s office (ago) Anang Thursday (7/31/2025) told the attorney general, South Jakarta. He said Sunindyo was trapped in this case while serving as director of engineering and environment of the ministry as head of mining inspector for April 2022 to July 2024. Browse to continue with the total suspects in this case of nine people. The total estimated state loss of the case is about 500 billion RP. “This case was previously appointed to 8 suspects and meant 1 (therefore) 9 suspects added. With a total estimated state loss of about 500 billion RP,” he said. The suspects are believed to have manipulated the data from coal quality test to avoid the payment of royalties. The nine suspects as for the nine suspects in this case were commissioner of Tunas Bara Jaya Bebby Hussy, general manager of Pt Inti Bara Perdana Saskya Hussy, managing director of Tunas Bara Jaya Julius Soh, marketing of Pt Inti Bara Perdana Agusman, director of Tunas Bara Jaya Sutarman, director of Pt Samban Mining Edhie Santos, head of PT van Pt of PT Samban Mining Sucofindo Alexander Yuwono, and former technical and environmental director of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Sunindyo Suryo Herdadi. Previously, ASWAS and chairman of the investigative team of Bengkulu attorney General Andri Kurniawan said suspect David Alexander was allegedly involved in carrying collusion with PT Sucofindo Bengkulu branch. He said the manipulation caused state losses. “For this DA is a commissioner, coincidentally, the person in question is actively involved in the coal mining process that we also find financial losses of the state,” Andri said. He said that manipulation was allegedly exported for quality to coal data in the period 2022-2023. It is alleged that manipulation is exported so that the company does not pay royalties and other obligations related to coal mining to the state. “Avoid the payments of royalties and there are also several obligations to the state, including taxes and all kinds,” he said. (Jbr/jbr)