PTBA clarifies bribe report

IDX-listed coal giant PT Bukit Asam Tbk, whose ticker code on the Indonesia Stock Exchange is PTBA, clarified Friday an earlier report in the day that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) had caught red handed two senior officials of a state-owned firm identified as PTBA for trying to bribe a an official of the Jakarta District Prosecutors Office.

?PTBA mentioned in the (KPK) press conference is not PTBA whose full name is PT Bukit Asam (Persero) Tbk and which has ticker code of PTBA,? state-controlled Bukit Asam said in a clarification statement.

The KPK told a press conference Friday that it has caught red handed at an East Jakarta hotel three people including finance director of state-owned PTBA and senior manager of the company, and another senior official of a private firm for trying to bribe an official at the Jakarta District Prosecutors Office.

KPK was referring to PT Brantas Apibraya, a state-owned company engaged in construction sector.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak