Pre-trial of PT WKM Lee Kah Hin's Boss, Expert Explains the Rights of the Suspects and the Evidence of the Investigation

JAKARTA - Criminal law expert from the University of Christian Indonesia, Hendri Jayadi explained that the suspect has the right to present witnesses. The examination by the investigators must be carried out against anyone who is present.

This was conveyed when he was presented as a witness to the pretrial hearing filed by Lee Kah Hin today, March 12. The boss of PT Wana Kencana Mineral sued the determination of suspects and detention in the case of providing false testimony under oath during the trial by investigators of the Polda Metro Jaya.

"If it is indeed invited but not checked, then I say that the investigators should be checked," said Hendri when answering questions from Lee Kah Hin's lawyer, Rolas Sitinjak at the South Jakarta District Court (PN).

Hendri further said that the determination of the status of the suspect by the investigators had at least two pieces of evidence. "Witnesses and experts, for example. Meanwhile, what is written is an addition," he said.

According to Hendri, the main principle in the investigation process is the fulfillment of formal elements in the collection of evidence by investigators.

"If only the court's decision is used, then it is a formal defect," said the expert.

Lee Kah Hin is known to be a suspect in false testimony after testifying in a trial at the Central Jakarta District Court in October 2025. He then testified as a witness who was presented by the public prosecutor together with Eko Wiratmoko.

Lee Kah Hin's statement has been included in the file by the police investigators.

The trial tried the installation of a peg in the Izin Usaha Pertambangan area of PT WKM. The problem arose after PT Position reported Awwab and his colleague Marsel Bialembang to the police until they became defendants.

The cases of Awwab and Marsel were decided by the judge in December 2025. Meanwhile, the intelligence report was carried out a month before the judge decided the verdict or in November 2025.

Regarding the case that ensnared Lee Kah Hin, Haris Azhar as a lawyer previously suspected that there was a trade war between nickel companies in Weda Bay or Weda Bay, in East Halmahera, North Maluku. The suspicion arose because Ardiyanto represented PT Position when he reported to the Polda Metro Jaya.

This suspicion is getting stronger because there is a dialogue between PT WKM and PT Position, which is a subsidiary of PT Harum Energy, Tbk. This effort appears outside the legal process.