Timah Corruption Case Helena Lim Continues Today, Enters The Evidence Stage

Helena Lim 'Crazy rich' Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK) is a defendant in the alleged corruption case in the management of tin commodity trading in the mining business permit (IUP) area of PT Timah Tbk 2015. (Rizky A-VOI)

JAKARTA - Crazy rich Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK), Helena Lim, will undergo a trial for 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, today.

The Public Prosecutor (JPU) will present several witnesses to prove Helena Lim's involvement in the alleged corruption case.

"Monday 2 September; Evidence of the public prosecutor," wrote the Case Investigation Information System (SIPP) of the Central Jakarta District Court, quoted by VOI, Monday, September 2.

For the time being, it is not yet known how many witnesses will be presented by the public prosecutor at the Helena Lim trial.

So far, it is only known that Helena Lim is assisting Harvey Moeis in accommodating security money from five private smelters worth IDR 420 billion.

In accommodating the security money, Helena Lim and Harvey Moeis agreed to disguise the gift as if it were corporate social responsibility or CSR funds.

In addition, the money was made as if it came from illegal mining from the PT Timah Tbk IUP area.

Then, Helena Lim, who is the owner of PT QSE, recorded the receipt of the money as foreign exchange.

"That after the money entered the account of PT Quantum Skyline Exchange, the defendant Helena was exchanged from rupiah currency into foreign currency into the US dollar, which in total amounted to USD 30 million," said the prosecutor.

Furthermore, Helena gave the money to Harvey Moeis in cash and gradually through a courier of PT Quantum Skyline Exchange.

Specifically for the money received by Harvey through Helena by transfer in the 2018-2023 period, it was recorded four times. Namely, the first transfer was IDR 6,711,215,000 (IDR 6.7 billion), the second transfer was IDR 2,746,646,999 (IDR 2.7 billion), the third transfer was IDR 32,117,657,062 (IDR 32.1 billion) and the fourth was IDR 5.5 billion.

In this case, Helena Lim was charged with violating Article 2 paragraph (1) and Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code and Article 3 and Article 4 of Law No. 8 of 2010 concerning Prevention and Eradication of TPPU in conjunction with Article 56 of the 1st Criminal Code.