TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – DPR Energy Commission member Muhammad Nasir accused PT Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk. involved in smuggling Chinese steel. According to Nasir, the state-owned company affixed the company’s stamp on Chinese steel, so that it seemed as if the product was originally made in the country.
The state losses caused by the smuggling, said Nasir, reached Rp 10 trillion from tax evasion. This case was also said to have been reported to the police.
President Director of Krakatau Steel Silmy Karim immediately denied this. “That hoax. We are actually fighting smuggling, ”said Silmy when contacted Time in a short message on Wednesday, March 24, 2021.
Then, what about Muhammad Nasir’s track record so far?
Quoted from the DPR’s official website, Nasir is a politician from the Democratic Party who comes from the Electoral District (Dapil) II of Riau. Nasir is the older brother of M. Nazaruddin, a former corruption convict for the Hambalang athlete homestead project.
Dismissed from the DPR Budget Agency
In February 2012, it was found that the Democrat Party faction had removed Nasir from the DPR Budget Committee. The faction also decided to move its position from the Law Commission to the Financial Commission.
Chairman of the Democratic Party Faction, Jaffar Hafsah, admitted that this transfer was not related to Nasir’s illegal visit to Cipinang Prison some time ago. “Just refreshing the factions,” he told reporters at the DPR building, Tuesday, February 14, 2012.
Some time before, Nasir was caught illegally visiting Cipinang Prison. He was caught visiting his younger brother M Nazaruddin in the middle of the night.
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