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View all search resultsKSP summons all parties in alleged ilmenite, rare earth minerals smuggling
Private tin mining company PT Putraprima Mineral Mandiri (PMM) said the export of 390 tonnes of ilmenite was worth some US$195,000 and not in the trillions of rupiah, or millions of US dollars, as estimated by the Indonesian Navy and Forest Enforcement (PKH) Task Force.
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Indonesian Military (TNI) chief of general staff Lt. Gen. Richard Taruli H. Tampubolon (second right) holds a sack of mineral black sand while Republic of Indonesia Fleet Command (Koarmada RI) Vice Adm. Denih Hendrata (second left) observes on May 26 at the Indonesian Navy’s Naval Command (Kodaeral) IV/Batam headquarters’ pier in Batam, Riau Islands. The Indonesian Navy intercepted on May 17 a tugboat and a barge carrying 25 containers of some 390 tonnes of raw minerals containing illegal rare earth metals and radioactive elements in Riau Islands waters. (Courtesy of Kodaeral IV/Batam/-)
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residential Chief of Staff Gen. (ret) Dudung Abdurrahman will study feedback from all parties involved in the alleged smuggling of ilmenite and rare earth minerals to issue a fair recommendation.
He summoned all parties involved in the case on Wednesday to learn firsthand information from all sides of the case so he could examine it wholly, clearly and transparently.
The former Army chief of staff promised he would examine and scrutinize inputs from all parties objectively to issue a fair recommendation, while at the same time ensure investment climate and legal certainty for national businesses without external intervention, as reported by tribunnews.com.
Attending Wednesday’s meeting at the Executive Office of the President were private tin mining company PT Putraprima Mineral Mandiri (PMM), Customs and Excise Office, Indonesian Navy’s Regional Command (Kodaeral) IV/Batam, state surveyor company PT Sucofindo, Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) and the Bangka Belitung provincial government.
“We were invited to provide clarification on the developing issue, especially accusations that PT PMM smuggled dangerous goods and rare earth metals,” PMM lawyer Poltak Silitonga told journalists after the meeting, as quoted by tribunnews.com.
“We explained in detail based on facts that there was no exploitation or export of mineral goods forbidden by the state, be it rare earth metal or radioactive nuclear materials.”
Poltak’s assertion was support by Customs and Excise and Sucofindo, which have full authority in determining exported goods, saying that the exported goods had underwent all official examination processes and fulfilled export regulations.
