JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia'a Attorney General Office (AGO) has arrested a former top mining ministry official accused of facilitating unlawful mining of nickel that caused a loss of 5.7 trillion rupiah ($375.25 million) in state revenue.
The ministry's former director general of minerals and coal, Ridwan Djamaluddin, oversaw a drive in 2021 to streamline approval procedures for miners' annual work plans, after which some firms were granted approval to mine for nickel ore.
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