Sandra Dewi Admits Borrowing IDR 10 Billion Of Personal Money To The President Director Of Private Smelters

Sandra Dewi At The Corruption Court/PHOTO: Rizky Adytia-VOI

JAKARTA - Witness in the alleged corruption case of tin and the wife of the defendant Harvey Moeis, Sandra Dewi admitted that she had lent Rp10 billion to the President Director of PT Refined Bangka Tin (RBT) Suparta on December 5, 2019.

He said the money was lent based on the request of the husband and transferred through his personal account to the account of Suparta's wife.

"I have 100 percent of this money, there is no flow of funds from my husband in this account. But I used it to help Pak Suparta," Sandra said during a witness examination hearing at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor) reported by ANTARA, Thursday, October 10.

After being loaned for two years, Sandra also asked for the money to be returned in 2021 because it would be used to build a house.

The house, he said, was given to his parents at Sandra's initiative with his younger siblings. The construction of Sandra's parents' house was carried out through joint ventures, starting with her younger siblings paying first to buy plot land.

Furthermore, Sandra gave the money she asked to return from Suparta to increase the purchase of land plots for the construction of her parents' houses.

He explained that the refund from Suparta was managed by Harvey and sent along with interest of around 18 percent or Rp. 2.5 billion.

"There is already a debt agreement returned along with interest," he said.

Sandra testified in the case of alleged corruption in the management of tin commodity trading in the mining business permit (IUP) area of PT Timah in 2015-2022.

The cases of alleged tin corruption include dragging Harvey Moeis as the extension of PT Refined Bangka Tin (RBT), Suparta as the President Director of PT RBT, and Reza Andriansyah as the Director of Business Development of PT RBT as the defendant.

In this case, Harvey was charged with receiving Rp420 billion in cash with PT Quantum Skyline Exchange (QSE) Manager Helena Lim, while Suparta was charged with receiving a cash flow of Rp4.57 trillion from the case that cost the state finances Rp300 trillion.