The Attorney General's Office Examines 3 Witnesses Of The Corporate Tin Corruption Case

The Attorney General's Office examined three witnesses in the alleged corruption case of tin commodity trading in the area of the Mining Business Permit (IUP) of PT Timah Tbk for the 2015'2022 period.

The three witnesses examined were DW, Civil Servant (PNS) Inspector Mining from 2020 until now, EF, Civil Servant Inspector Mining with the same term of office, and PDS, Mining Inspector at the Bangka Belitung Islands Province Mining and Energy Office for the 2015 period 2016.

According to the Head of the Attorney General's Office, Harli Siregar, this investigation is related to the investigation of the corporate suspect PT Refined Bangka Tin and other related parties.

"The summoning of witnesses aims to strengthen the evidence and complete the case file," said Harli Siregar, Monday, February 17, 2025.

The AGO previously named five corporate suspects in the case of alleged tin commodity corruption.

The five suspects include PT Refined Bangka Tin (PT RBT), PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa (PT SIP), PT Tinindo Inter Nusa (PT TIN), PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa (PT SBS), and CV Venus Inti Perkasa (CV VIP).

The corruption case of tin trading in the IUP area of PT Timah Tbk during 2015-2022 has ensnared 22 people, 5 corporate suspects, and 1 suspect in the Obstruction of Justice case.

Based on the results of the audit from BPKP, the calculation of state financial losses is estimated at Rp300,003,263,938,131.14. The loss is based on the activity of renting and leasing processing equipment with a private smelter of Rp2,284,950,217,912.14.

Then the state losses on the payment of tin ore to mining partners PT Timah amounted to Rp26,648,625,701,519 and environmental losses of Rp271,069,688,018,700.

The suspects from corporations were charged with Article 2 paragraph (1) and Article 3 jo. Article 18 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code.