The Attorney General's Office Closes The Possibility Of Being Treated By The Criminal Investigation Department As A Witness In The Tin Corruption Case

The Attorney General's Building of the Republic of Indonesia. (Doc. Voi)

JAKARTA - The Public Prosecutor (JPU) is said to not present the Director of Drug Crimes, Brigadier General Mukti Juharsa, as a witness in the trial of the alleged corruption case in the management of tin commodity trading in the mining business permit (IUP) area of PT Timah Tbk for the 2015-2022 period.

The name Mukti Juharsa was originally presented in the trial with the defendant Harvey Moeis.

The Head of the Attorney General's Office, Harli Siregar, said Brigadier General Mukti Juharsa would not be presented as a witness because it was not listed in the examination report.

"The witness summoned is the witness in the case file, the person concerned is not in the case file," Harli told reporters on Saturday, August 24.

Although, the trial revealed the fact that Mukti Juharsa, who was still the Director of Special Criminal Investigation at the Bangka Belitung Islands Police, had a role in the series of cases of alleged tin corruption.

Asked further about the possibility of the presence of Mukti Juharsa, Harli said it could have happened. As long as there is an order or request from the panel of judges. "The panel of judges can order the public prosecutor to present additional witnesses in the evidence. Vide Article 152, 160 of the Criminal Procedure Code," said Harli.

Brigadier General Mukti Juharsa is said to have played a role in a series of cases of alleged corruption in the management of tin commodity trading in the mining business permit (IUP) area of PT Timah Tbk for the 2015 to 2022 period.

In addition to being an admin for the WhatsApp group 'new smelter', Mukti Juharsa, who at that time was still in the rank of Kombes, was also referred to as saying that the private smelter deposit agreement to PT Timah Tbk was 5 percent of the tin ore export quota.