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Police may soon name possible SKKMigas suspect
The National Police said that an official with the initials "DH" from the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Task Force (SKKMigas) might soon be named a suspect in a corruption case that is alleged to have caused US$156 million in state losses
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he National Police said that an official with the initials "DH" from the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Task Force (SKKMigas) might soon be named a suspect in a corruption case that is alleged to have caused US$156 million in state losses.
The director of special economic crimes, Brig. Gen. Victor E. Simanjuntak, confirmed on Wednesday morning that the initials had been written in the secondary investigation notification his division had recently sent to the Attorney General's Office (AGO).
"The person connected to the case is an official from SKKMigas," he said.
Previously, the police said that several officials from PT Trans Pacific Petrochemical Indotama (TPPI) and SKKMigas were suspected of money laundering. From 2009 to 2010, the TPPI collaborated with SKKMigas to market condensers in this country, but the former never paid the profits from the sales of the equipment to the latter.
Despite the alleged foul play, SKKMigas continued to extend its contracts with the firm.
From Tuesday evening until Wednesday morning, the police force raided the offices of PT Trans Pacific Pertrochemical Indotama (TPPI) in Central Jakarta and of SKKMigas in South Jakarta to search for evidence.
Victor explained that DH would soon be named a suspect and hinted at the possibility of naming more officials as suspects.
"Let's just wait and see. It's no good to reveal everything before the evidence has all been gathered," he said. (++++)
