Widabay Park accused of weighing and verifying minerals on its own

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Weda Bay Industrial Park (PT IWIP) has been accused of violating mineral trading rules or causing the loss of national non-tax revenue (PNBP) for allegedly weighing and verifying minerals on its own, rather than through a licensed inspection agency.The Director of the Center for Energy and Mining Legal Studies believes that this systemSerious problems with accountability in mineral trading, where self-dealing can easily lead to falsification of volume and grade data, causing damage to the State, in an amount that is either substantial or significant, involvingcriminal corruptionThe

He pointed out that this was in contravention of the government ordinance and the relevant PNBP regulations and called forDPR sets up special committees, government audits and legal accountabilityDuring its visit to IMIP, DPR Committee XII also found that IWIP operated its own weighing equipment, which was not verified by inspectors, even though they were present, and thatLack of national regulators in the land-based trading chain.. The Commissioner stated that he had reported to the President, noting thatIWIP can obtain ore without going through national recordsThe Government only has the data of the inspection organizations, andDOE Fails to Establish Controls on Overland Truck SalesThe

Data from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) showed that the mineral PNBP reached Rp 117.26 trillion in January-November 2025, and in early December it had reached Rp 120 trillion, completing 96% of the annual target of Rp 124.5 trillion, which is expected to be exceeded. ButIWIP issues, if true, will affect the authenticity and integrity of the PNBPThe

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