The Attorney General's Office Opens The Possibility Of New Suspects In The Rp300 Trillion Tin Corruption Case

The trial of reading the objection note (exception) related to the alleged corruption case of tin management in the PT Timah area in 2015-2022 (photo: dock. between)

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has not ruled out the possibility of a new suspect in the handling of the alleged corruption case of tin commodity trading in the Mining Business Permit (IUP) of PT Timah Tbk for the 2015-2022 period.

The Head of the Attorney General's Office, Harli Siregar, said that this possibility could happen if new facts emerged in the trial process.

Previously it was reported that the four suspects in the case had entered the judicial process. One of them is Harvey Moies who will undergo his first trial on August 14.

"Everything passed away to the facts revealed in the trial," said Harli, quoted on Saturday, August 10.

Meanwhile, the other suspects are still in the process of compiling the indictment file by the South Jakarta District Attorney. Then, the other four are still in the stage of compiling case files at the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus).

For example, the determination of a new suspect in a case that has entered the trial stage is a corruption case in the construction of the Jakarta-Cikampek (Japek) II Flyover or MBZ Toll Road in 2016-2017. Where, after the four defendants were found guilty, investigators named one new suspect.

"The facts of the trial were reviewed, investigated, and it turns out that there is at least sufficient preliminary evidence or at least 2 pieces of evidence were obtained," said Harli.

For information, of the dozens of suspects in the tin corruption case that caused state losses of Rp. 300 trillion, four suspects have entered the trial stage, including Harvey Moeis.

For the other three defendants, namely, Suranto Wibowo as Head of the 2015-2019 Bangka Belitung ESDM Service; Rusbani as Acting Head of the Bangka Belitung ESDM Service in March 2019; and Amir Syahbana who is the Acting Head of the Bangka Belitung ESDM Service.