Timah Suparta-Harvey Moeis Corruption Case, AGO Confiscates PT RBT In Bangka

The Attorney General's Office and the Indonesian Attorney General's Office for Asset Recovery Team confiscated PT RBT in Bangka Regency, Monday (22/4/2024). ANTARA/HO-Puspenkum Attorney General's Office.

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office (AGO) together with the Indonesian Attorney General's Asset Recovery Team confiscated the company PT Refined Bangka Tin (RBT) in the case of alleged corruption in the tin trading system of the PT Timah Tbk Mining Business Permit (IUP) region from 2015 to 2022 with suspects Suparta and Harvey Moeis.

"The investigative team confiscated PT RBT in Bangka Regency along with a number of assets contained in it," said Head of the AGO's Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum), Ketut Sumedana in a statement in Jakarta, Monday, April 22, as reported by Antara.

He explained that a number of assets confiscated included heavy equipment, and tin seed refining devices.

This confiscation was carried out after previously, investigators and the Indonesian Attorney General's Asset Recovery Team carried out an asset tracing process in Bangka Belitung Province.

Previously, investigators also confiscated a number of smelter companies from the search results carried out from Friday 19 April to Saturday 20 April in Bangka Belitung.

There were four smelter companies confiscated in the form of taking over land, buildings and heavy equipment, namely the CV smelter Venus Inti Perkasa (VIP) along with one plot of land with an area of 10,500 m2; the PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa (SIP) smelter along with several plots of land with a total area of 85,863 m2; the PT Tinindo Internusa (TI) smelter along with a total area of 84,660 m2; and the PT Sarivaguna Binasentosa (SBS) smelter along with several plots of land with a total area of 57,825 m2.

Then, 51 excavators and three bulldozer units were also confiscated.

In investigating cases that were detrimental to state finances due to massive and widespread ecological damage worth Rp271 trillion, 174 witnesses were examined (until April 4, 2024), 16 of whom were named suspects.

16 suspects, namely:

Suwito Gunawan (SG) as Commissioner of PT SIP or mining company in Pangkalpinang, Bangka Belitung;MB Gunawan (MBG) as Director of PT SIP; Tamsil alias Aon (TN) as a beneficial owner or owner of a profit from CV VIP;Hasan Tjhie (HT) aka ASN as President Director of CV VIP; Kwang Yung alias Buyung (BY) as former Commissioner of CV VIP; Achmad Albani (AA) as Operational Manager of CV VIP Mine; Robert Indarto (RI) as President Director of PT SBS; Rosalina (RL) as General Manager of PT TIN; Suparta (SP) as President Director of PT RBT; Reza Andriansyah (RA) as Director of Business Development of PT RBT; Mochtar Riza Pahlevi Tabrani (MRPT) as President Director of PT Timah 2016-2011; EMil Ermindra (EE) as Finance Director of PT Timah 2017-2018; Alwin Akbar (ALW) as former Director of Operations and former Director of Business Development of PT Timah; Helena Lim (HLN) as manager of PT QSE; Harvey Moeis (HM) as the hand extension of PT RBTToni Tamsil (TT) alias Aki, Tamron Tamsil's younger brother, was named a suspect in the investigation.