Bebby Hussy And Her Son Become Suspects Of Money Laundering In The Coal Mining Case In Bengkulu

The Bengkulu High Prosecutor's Special Crime Investigation Team (Pidsus) has named the boss of a coal mine, namely Bebby Hussy and his son Saskya Hussy, as suspects in a money laundering case (TPPU) after the two were named suspects in a corruption case.

"We convey that today the Bengkulu Attorney General's Office investigators have named two suspects in the TPPU case, they are Bebby Hussy and Sakya Hussy," said Bengkulu Attorney General Victor Antonius Saragih Sidabutar through the Bengkulu Attorney General's Office, Deni Agustian, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, August 26.

He said the two suspects had transferred money to objects and others to change the proceeds of the crime so that it could not be tracked if the object belonged to a personal property.

Therefore, both of them are subject to Article 345 of Law Number 8 Tabun 2010 concerning the crime of money laundering.

Head of the Investigation Section of the Bengkulu Attorney General's Office, Danang Prasetyo, explained that the two suspects received money from the proceeds of the crime which was then bought a car, house and others.

"As we all know that the money obtained incorrectly was bought by a car, house, and gave it to his wife to buy the goods that we have traced yesterday, as well as related to the obstruction, there is a role for the suspect to lose Rp71 billion, so we determine them as suspects. TPPU," he explained.

Previously, the Bengkulu Attorney General's Office named two suspects, namely Andy Putra and Awang for obstruction to an investigation into a coal mining corruption case.

Suspect Awang is the younger brother of the main suspect Bebby Hussy, and suspect Andy Putra is the younger brother of the suspect Bebby Hussy or the younger brother of Sakya Hussy's wife.

"This suspect intervened by making a transaction of Rp71 billion from the account belonging to the suspect Bebby Hussy when questioned by the Bengkulu Prosecutor's Office," said Danang.

Both were named as suspects for violating Article 21 of the Corruption Crime Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption Junto Article 55 of the Criminal Code.

Previously, investigators from the Bengkulu Attorney General's Office had named 12 suspects, namely the Head of Branch of PT Sucofindo Regional Bengkulu, namely Imam Sumantri (IS) and Director of PT Ratu Samban Mining Edhie Santosa (EDH), Tunas Commissioner Bara Jaya Bebby Hussy, General Manager of PT Inti Bara Perdana Saskya Hussy as suspects in the coal mining corruption case.

Furthermore, the President Director of Tunas Bara Jaya Julius Soh, Marketing of PT Inti Bara Perdana Agusman, Director of Tunas Bara Jaya Sutarman as suspects, former Director of Engineering and Environment of the Directorate General of Mineral and Coal at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Sunindyo Suryo Herdadi (SSH), Commissioner of PT Ratu Samban Mining David Alexander, Andy Putra, Awang, and Nadzirin who are Mining Inspectors of the Ministry of Mineral Energy (ESDM) in 2024-2025.

It is known that the 12 people were named as suspects in the corruption case in the production and exploration of coal mining owned by PT Ratu Samban Mining and PT Tunas Bara Jaya allegedly entered forest areas and carried out illegal or illegal coal sales according to applicable regulations, causing the state to suffer losses of more than Rp500 billion.