The Attorney General's Office Confiscates A Villa Worth IDR 20 Billion Owned By Hendry Lie In Bali

The suspect in the tin corruption case Hendry Lie was escorted by officers when he was arrested at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Tangerang, Banten, Monday (18/11/2024) night. (doc the AGO)

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) said it had confiscated several assets belonging to Hendry Lie, a suspect in the alleged corruption case in the management of tin commodity trading in the PT Timah Tbk IUP area. in 2015 '2022.

"So, we have investigated all the assets of the suspects (t tin cases, ed.), we searched, and we confiscated Hendry Lie's assets," said the Director of Investigation at the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the Attorney General's Office, Abdul Qohar at a press conference at the Attorney General's Office Building, Jakarta, Tuesday morning.

It was also stated that one of the assets belonging to Hendry that had been confiscated by investigators was a building in Bali.

"There are many lands and buildings, including those in Bali, which we have confiscated," he said.

Previously, in August 2024, the AGO confiscated a villa unit in Bali owned by Hendry Lie which was built on an area of 1,800 square meters with an estimated value of Rp. 20 billion.

The role of suspect Hendry in this case as the beneficial owner of PT Tinindo Inter Nusa or PT TIN. Hendry consciously and deliberately played an active role in the rental of tin melting processing equipment between PT Timah Tbk. and PT TIN.

The tin seeds melted from the cooperation between the two companies came from CV BPR and CV SFS which were deliberately formed to receive tin seeds sourced from illegal tin mining.

As a result of Hendry's actions and dozens of other suspects who are currently in the trial process, the state was harmed by around Rp. 300 trillion.

Hendry was also suspected of violating Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.

In the next stage, Hendry was detained for the next 20 days at the Salemba Rutan, South Jakarta District Attorney's Branch.