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The Civil Servant Investigation Team (PPNS) of the Directorate General of Minerals and Coal has completed the investigation stage against the suspect YH, a Chinese foreigner and friends who have carried out gold ore mining activities without a permit using the deep mining method at the location of the Mining Business Permit (IUP) area.
The investigation stage by the PPNS of the Directorate General of Mineral and Mineral Resources was declared complete, with the receipt of the investigation file and declared complete by the General Criminal Prosecutor (JPU) in Jakarta through letter P-21 Number B-2687/Eku.1/07/2024 dated July 5, 2024. The next stage is the PPNS of the Directorate General of Mineral and Mineral Resources to hand over the detention of the suspect and the evidence of mining crimes is handed over to the Ketapang District Prosecutor's Office, accompanied by the Attorney General's Office.
Director of Mineral and Coal Engineering and Environment, Sunindyo Suryo Herdadi appreciated the efforts of the PPNS Directorate General of Mineral and Mineral Resources under the coordination and supervision of the PPNS Korwas Bureau of the Criminal Investigation Branch of the National Police who have carried out law enforcement duties well. "This law enforcement effort is a lesson of joint achievement and in the future it needs to be carried out in other locations that require law enforcement," said Sunindyo in Jakarta, Tuesday (9/7).
The efforts made by the PPNS Directorate General of Mineral and Mineral Resources and this team are also supported by the Ketapang District Attorney's Office and promise to immediately hand over this case for trial." The Attorney General's Office supports law enforcement carried out by PPNS MEMR. Ketapang District Prosecutor's Office will then delegate this case to the court for immediate trial and legal certainty," said Ketapang District Prosecutor's Head Anthoni Nainggolan in the same place.
Anthoni added that law enforcement in mining will continue to be carried out in collaboration with related agencies as a form of synergy between law enforcement institutions in Indonesia. Collaborative management is very important, where the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources together with the Criminal Investigation Branch of the National Police and the Attorney General's Office are an undivided unit. This is our collaborative form of law enforcement against illegal mining crimes," concluded Anthoni.
In line with Anthoni, the Officer of the Case Research Subdivision, Investigation Supervision Section, Kompol Edi Kusyana explained that the PPNS team of the Directorate General of Mineral and Mineral Affairs solved this case in collaboration with the PPNS Supervisory Coordinating Bureau (Korwas) of the Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) of the National Police and the Attorney General's Office. Edi hopes that this collaboration can be a good start in revealing cases of law enforcement of mineral and coal mining.
It was previously informed that the PPNS Directorate General of Mineral and Mineral Resources carried out a series of Supervision, Observation, Research and Inspection (WASMATLITRIK) activities under the coordination and supervision of the Korwas Bureau of PPNS Bareskrim of the National Police to follow up on public complaints against alleged illegal gold ore mining activities with the deep mining method carried out at the location of the Mining Business Permit (IUP) area.
At the location of this deep quarry, a number of evidence was found that is characteristic of gold processing and refining, including grinders, induction furnaces, electric heaters, collies for smelting gold, graphite bullion molds, exhaust/suction fans, gold catching chemicals, salt, lime and equipment used for mining, including blasting machines, lower dozers, electric dump trucks and trucks. Evidence was deposited at Police Station KEtapang for mobilization reasons, and what can be brought can be shown here. Besides that, there are several pieces of evidence that are still on the way because they are constrained by flight administration problems.
The mode used in this crime is to use a deep mine pit (tunnel) that is still under maintenance at WIUP for maintenance and maintenance activities, but the implementation of activities in the tunnel is to carry out blasting/dismantling using explosives, then process and purify gold ore at that location (in the tunnel). The results of the refining work in the tunnel were brought outside the hole in the form of gold dore/bullion.
In this case, suspect YH acted as the leader of underground mining in Peloading Batu Hamlet, Nanga Kelampaim Village, Tumbang Titi District, Ketapang Regency. West Kalimantan, in the period from February to May 2024. This illegal mining activity resulted in state losses in the loss of gold and silver reserves of approximately 774,200 grams and silver reserves of approximately 937,700 grams.
