Timah Corruption Case, AGO Examines RBS Witness

JAKARTA - Investigators from the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the Attorney General's Office examined a witness with the initials RBS or RBT in a case of alleged corruption in tin trading procedures in the mining permit area of PT Timah Tbk from 2015 to 2022.

"We are investigating the RBS," said Director of Investigation at Jampidsus, Kuntadi AGO, quoted by ANTARA, Monday, April 1.

Previously, the Attorney General's Office was summoned by the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) to determine Robert Bono Susatyo (RBS) alias RBT as a suspect in the mega-corruption case of tin trading system in Bangka Belitung.

According to Kuntadi, the investigation they carried out was not at the urging of anyone, but for the interests of investigators.

"We check someone has nothing to do with anyone's insistence, but because it is solely for investigation purposes," said Kuntadi.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Legal Information Center of the Attorney General's Office, Ketut Sumedana, said that his institution would provide an official statement regarding the RBS examination and developments in handling corruption cases that were detrimental to the state due to environmental damage caused by Rp271 trillion.

In this case, Jampidsus has named 16 people as suspects, namely SW alias AW and MBG, both as mining entrepreneurs in Pangkal Pinang City, Bangka Belitung Islands Province.

Suspect HT alias ASN as President Director of CV VIP (company belonging to Suspect TN alias AN); MRPT alias RZ as President Director of PT Timah Tbk 2016-2021; EE alias EML as Finance Director of PT Timah Tbk 2017-2018.

Furthermore, BY as the former Commissioner of CV VIP; RI as the President Director of PT SBS; TN as the beneficial owner of CV VIP and PT MCN; AA as the Operational Manager of CV VIP mining; RL as General Manager of PT TIN; SP as President Director of PT RBT; RA as Director of Business Development of PT RBT; ALW as Director of Operations in 2017, 2018, 2021 and Director of Business Development from 2019 to 2020 PT Timah Tbk.

Kemudian, dua tersangka yang menarik perhatian publik, yakni critical rickPIK Helena Lim selaku Manager PT QSE dan Harvey Moeis, selaku perpanjangan tangan PT RBT.

In this case, investigators also named one suspect in the investigation with the initials TT.

MAKI Coordinator Boyamin Saiman previously said investigators must immediately suspect RBS alias RBT and ensnare the crime of money laundering (TPPU).

"RBS is suspected of being an intellectual actor and a connoisseur of money resulting from corruption," said Boyamin.