New Suspects Named in PT Timah Corruption Case by Attorney General’s Office

Jakarta –

Office of the Attorney General (Attorney General) named five new suspects in relation to corruption in the trading system of tin products in the PT Timah Tbk Mining Business License (IUP) area for 2015-2022. The suspect was identified after investigators found enough evidence.

The Director of Investigations of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Dirdik Jampidsus) at the Attorney General’s Office detailed five suspects. Two of them are private parties, namely HL as PT TIN Beneficial Owner and FL as PT TIN Marketing.

Meanwhile, the other three suspects are parties that have authority as governors. They are SW as the Chief of the ESDM Service of Bangka Belitung Region for the period 2015-March 2019, BN as the Acting Chief of the ESDM Service of Bangka Belitung Region for the period of March 2019, and AS as the Acting Chief of the ESDM Service of Bangka Belitung Islands, now Head of ESDM Service Bangka Belitung Islands.

Kuntadi said 3 suspects were immediately detained. Meanwhile, the other two suspects are ill and still under investigation to avoid arrest.

“FL’s brother at Salemba Detention Center at the Attorney General’s Office and AS suspect, SW suspect at Salemba Detention Center, Central Jakarta,” Kuntadi said in his office, Friday afternoon (26/4/2024).

“At the same time, we did not arrest suspect BN for health reasons. At the same time, we did not suspect HL, whom we called as a witness today, and the investigation team will call immediately as a suspect,” he said.

Furthermore, Kuntadi explained the location of each suspect. He said that SW, BN and AS deliberately published work plans and cost budgets (RKAB) from the five related companies.

“We have deliberately published and approved the RKAB from the liquidation companies PT RBT, PT SBS, PT SIP, PT TIN and CV VIP where we know that the RKAB was issued even though it did not meet it to the requirements,” explained Kuntadi.

Besides, Kuntadi said, all three of them knew that the RKAB was not being used properly. However, to legalize tin trading activities illegally obtained from IUP PT Timah.

“The three suspects knew that the RKAB they issued was not used to carry out mining operations in the IUP areas of the five companies, but only to trade activities of illegally obtained tin there to legalize the IUP areas of PT Timah,” he said.

Meanwhile, two other suspects, namely HL and FL, Kuntadi, participated in the equipment rental operation. To carry out their activities, both of them set up puppet companies, namely CV PPR and CV SMS to carry out or facilitate their illegal activities.

“Both of them participated in the setting up of the equipment rental co-op parade “tin smelting as a package for tin smelting activities from IUP PT Timah,” explained Kuntadi.

As a result of their actions, the five were suspected of violating the provisions of Article 2 paragraph (1) and Article 3 of the Law in conjunction with Article 18 of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph 1 of the Act. Code.

Previously, the Attorney General named 16 suspects in the case of corruption in the trading system of tin products in the mining business license area PT Timah Tbk (IUP) for 2015-2022. Crazy rich Helena Lim as the Manager of PT QSE and Harvey Moeis as an extension of PT RBT were named as suspects and detained.

Harvey Moeis is also named as a suspect in the alleged crime of money laundering (TPPU) in this case. The Attorney General’s Office also questioned Sandra Dewi on Thursday (4/4). The Attorney General’s Office questioned Harvey’s blocked accounts.

Here is information about the 16 previous suspects:

Suspicion of obstruction of investigation:
1. Toni Tamsil or Akhi (TT)

Main suspects:
2. Suwito Gunawan (SG) as Commissioner of PT SIP or mining company in Pangkalpinang, Bangka Belitung
3. MB Gunawan (MBG) as Director of PT SIP
4. Tamron alias One (TN) as beneficial owner or profit owner of CV VIP
5. Hasan Tjhie (HT) as Chief Director of CV VIP
6. Kwang Yung alias Buyung (BY) as former CV VIP Commissioner
7. Achmad Albani (AA) as CV VIP Mines Operations Manager
8. Robert Indarto (RI) as Chief Director of PT SBS
9. Rosalina (RL) as General Manager of PT TIN
10. Suparta (SP) as Chief Director of PT RBT
11. Reza Andriansyah (RA) as Director of Business Development PT RBT
12. Mochtar Riza Pahlevi Tabrani (MRPT) as President Director of PT Timah 2016-2011
13. Emil Ermindra (EE) as PT Timah Finance Director 2017-2018
14. Alwin Akbar (ALW) as the former Executive Director and former Director of Business Development at PT Timah
15. Helena Lim (HLN) as PT QSE Manager
16. Harvey Moeis (HM) as an extension of PT RBT

(but/azh)