Nickel
Former KPK leader reveals origins of mining corruption case in Konawe Utara
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Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has halted the investigation into an alleged nickel mining permit corruption case in Konawe Utara involving former Regent Aswad Sulaiman, with estimated state losses of Rp 2.7 trillion. Former KPK leader Saut Situmorang explained the 2017 suspect designation process, starting from public complaints and backed by State Audit Agency (BPK) calculations. The halt stems from BPK's inability to compute state financial losses.
Investment Minister Rosan Roeslani announced that downstream sector investment in the first quarter of 2026 reached Rp147.5 trillion, or 29.6 percent of the national total. This figure grew 8.2 percent year-on-year, led by nickel.