Wednesday Afternoon, 3 Defendants Undergo First Trial Of The Corruption Case Of Tin Commerce

Kapuspenkum AGO, Harli Siregar At The AGO Building, Jakarta, Thursday 19 July 2024 (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - The first trial of the alleged corruption case of the tin trade system of mining business permits (IUP) at PT Timah Tbk in 2015-2022 was held at the Corruption Court, Jakarta today, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) Harli Siregar said, the three defendants who will undergo the initial trial were Amir Syahbana, Rusbani alias Bani, and Suranto Wibowo. As with the Determination of the Chairman of the Corruption Crime Court (Tipikor) at the Central Jakarta District Court (PN), the schedule of the trial that has been set, namely Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 13.00 WIB at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court," he said in his statement in Jakarta, Tuesday 30 July. Harli said, the schedule of the trial had been received by the public prosecutor (JPU) at the Directorate of Prosecution of the Junior Attorney for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) and the South Jakarta District Attorney. The agenda for the initial trial was the reading of the indictment by the public prosecutor team. It is hoped that the implementation of the initial trial will run smoothly and safely,'' said. Previously, the Public Prosecutor at the South Jakarta District Attorney had transferred the case files of the three defendants to the Central Jakarta District Court on July 22, 2024. For information, suspect Amir Syahbana was the head of the Metal Mineral Mineral Mining Office at the Energy and Mineral Resources Service (ESDM) of Bangka Belitung Islands Province for the period of May 4, 2018-9 November 2021. Then, the suspect Bani was the acting (plt) head of the Bangka Belitung Islands Province ESDM Service for the period March 5, 2019-31 December 2019. Then, suspect Suranto Wibowo was the head of the Bangka Belitung Islands ESDM Office for the period of 19 January 2015 - March 4, 2019. Suspect Amir Syahbana and Suranto Wibowo have been detained at the Central Jakarta Class I State Detention Center, while the suspect Bani was not detained for health reasons.

The Director of Investigation of the Jampidsus Attorney General's Office Kuntadi said the role of the three suspects was to have intentionally issued and approved the 2015-2012 period Work Plan and Budget (RKAB) of PT RBT smelter companies, PT SBS, PT SIP, PT TIN and CV VIP. "It is known that the RKAB was issued even though it did not meet the requirements," he said on April 26, 2024. Kuntadi said the three suspects knew that the RKAB issued was not used to carry out mining in the IUP regions of the five companies, but to just legalize tin trading activities obtained illegally in the PT Timah IUP area.