The Attorney General's Office Names 2 More Suspects In The Tin Corruption Case

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office or the AGO has again named two suspects in the alleged corruption case of tin commodity trading in the Mining Business Permit (IUP) PT Timah Tbk for the 2015-2023 period.

Both are Suparta and Reza Andriansyah who are the President Director and Director of Business Development PT Refined Bangka.

"Based on the results of the examination, the two witnesses were linked to other witness statements and other evidence, the investigative team concluded that both of them had fulfilled sufficient evidence and then their status was upgraded as suspects," said the Director of Investigation at the Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the AGO, Kuntadi told reporters, Wednesday, February 21.

Not only was he named a suspect, both of them were also immediately detained at the Salemba Detention Center (Rutan) at the Kejaksan Agung branch. Detention is carried out to facilitate the process of further investigation.

"For the purposes of the examination, both of them were detained for the next 20 days at the Salemba detention center at the Attorney General's Office," he said.

Kuntadi continued, both of them were named suspects because they had a role in a series of alleged corruption in the tin commodity trading system in the Mining Business Permit (IUP) area of PT Timah Tbk.

They are said to have initiated a meeting with PT Timah in 2018. Where, the two met with MRPT and EE who are the President Director and Finance Director of PT Timah.

"In order to accommodate or supply lead resulting from illegal miners in the PT Timah IUP area," he said.

As a follow-up to the meeting, a cooperation agreement was made between PT Timah Tbk and PT Refined Bangka. It contained as if there were tin processing equipment rental activities.

"And to supply the needs of tin seeds, then appointed and formed several puppet companies, namely 7 puppet companies, CV BJA, CV RTP, CV BLA, CV BLA, CV BSP, CV SJP, CV BPN, CV SMS," he said.

"Where to trick his activities is made as if there is an SPK for chartering activities to transport the remaining proceeds from tin mineral processing," continued Kuntadi.

The actions of these suspects are suspected of violating the provisions of Article 2 paragraph 1 and Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 to 1 of the Criminal Code.

Meanwhile, the AGO has named 11 other suspects in the alleged corruption case in the tin commodity trading system for the Mining Business Permit (IUP) PT Timah Tbk for the 2015 to 2023 period.

They include RL as General Manager of PT TIN, BY as former Commissioner of CV VIP, RI as President Director (Managing Director) of PT SBS, SG alias AW as mining entrepreneur in Pangkalpinang City, MBG as Mining Entrepreneur in Pangkalpinang City, and HT alias ASN as President Director of CV VIP which is a company owned by suspect TN alias AN.

Then MRPT alias RZ as the President Director of PT Timah in 2016-2021 and EE alias EML as the Finance Director of PT Timah in 2017-2018, Tamron (TN) alias AN as the Beneficial Ownership CV VIP and PT MCM, and Achmad Albani (AA) as the Operational Manager of CV VIP Mining and PT MCM. One more suspect is Toni Tamsil. He is suspected of obstructing the investigation process.