Hotman Paris Asks President Jokowi And The Chief Of Police To Pay Attention To The Maybank Vs Winda Earl Case

Winda Earl. (Foto: Instagram @evos.earl)

JAKARTA - The case of the loss of customer funds at PT Bank Maybank Indonesia Tbk worth Rp.22.8 billion belonging to an e-sports athlete, Winda Lunardi alias Winda Earl is still rolling out and is of public concern. Maybank Indonesia Attorney Hotman Paris Hutapea even asked President Joko Widodo and high-ranking Police officials to pay attention to Idham Azis.

According to Hotman, although the value of the loss is not as big as in the cases of other financial institutions with a jumbo value, he hopes that the president and law enforcers need to pay more attention.

In a video that Hotman uploaded on his personal Instagram account @hotmanparisofficial, he asked the police, specifically the National Police Chief, Idham Azis, to supervise the investigation of the case so that all recipients of funds can be legally processed.

Meanwhile to Jokowi, Hotman reminded the government to protect the sizeable foreign investment in Indonesia, such as Maybank. That protection can be provided with good law enforcement.

"Mr Jokowi, Maybank has Rp175 trillion of assets in Indonesia, very large foreign investment, needs to be protected. Maybank is willing to pay. Greetings Hotman Paris," said Hotman Paris.

In the video, Hotman also shared the progress of the case where WInda Earl lost money. Hotman revealed that he had advised Maybank to pay compensation for Winda Earl's money worth IDR 22.8 billion.

However, according to Hotman, Winda Earl has not responded and has not contacted him as Maybank Indonesia's attorney. In fact, communication via Winda's attorney has still not received a response.

"Strangely, to this day Winda's party has not contacted Hotman. Even Hotman's assistant has spoken to his lawyer but there is no news," he said.

As is known, Winda Earl admitted that her savings in Maybank Indonesia, valued at Rp.22.8 billion, suddenly disappeared. Initially, he opened an account at Maybank Indonesia in 2014 as savings for the future and was never tampered with. However, when it was checked recently, all of the balance was lost.

Winda, who is an e-sports athlete from the EVOS team, ensures all transactions or activities that occur in that account, without his knowledge and without his consent. Even if a transaction is found, according to Winda, it is an abuse of another party that he doesn't know about.

Winda, through her attorney, also wrote and asked for assistance from the OJK, Bank Indonesia and the Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani. On the other hand, Bank Maybank, represented by Hotman Paris, said that it detected many irregularities in the victim's demands.

First, Winda's savings fund, which came entirely from Herman Gunardi's father, never held a passbook and ATM, and instead allowed the suspect, namely the Head of the Maybank Bank Branch to hold it.

Second, funds needed for investment should not be placed in a checking account. Third, the victim was never uncomfortable and was not proactive in asking about the position and any mutations of each flow of funds from his savings.

Fourth, the suspect made transactions on behalf of the victim and was not used for personal gain, particularly in opening insurance at Prudential.

Due to the irregularities described by Hotman, Winda responded that his family was not aware of the transaction.

"It was said that there was interest money transferred to my father, while we all didn't know. I was just an ordinary customer who was saving. My father has always been a lawful business, always obeying the law. I guarantee that there is no way my father can cooperate with the suspect," said Winda on Kompas TV broadcast last week.