Three Smelter Officials Sentenced To 5-8 Years In Prison In A Tin Corruption Case

The trial for reading the verdict of the panel of judges related to the tin corruption case at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Friday (27/12/2024). (ANTARA/Agatha Olivia Victoria)

JAKARTA - Three high-ranking private smelters were sentenced to five years and eight years in prison in connection with tin corruption cases.

The three high-ranking smelters in question are the Owner of the Benefits of CV Venus Inti Perkasa (VIP) and PT Menara Cipta Mulia (MCM) Tamron alias Aon who were sentenced to eight years in prison and General Manager of OperationalCV VIP and PT MCM Achmad Albani and CV VIP President Director Hasan Tjhie who were sentenced to five years in prison each.

"The defendants were proven legally and convincingly guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption together," said Chief Judge Tony Irfan during a trial reading the verdict of the panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor) reported by ANTARA, Friday, December 27.

In addition to the three high-ranking private smelters, there were also tin ore collectors (collectors), Kwan Yung alias Buyung who were sentenced to five years in prison.

Not only imprisonment, the four defendants were also sentenced to a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to one year imprisonment for Tamron. Meanwhile, Albani, Hasan, and Buyung were subject to a fine of Rp. 750 million each, subsidiary to six months imprisonment.

Meanwhile, Tamron was also sentenced to an additional penalty in the form of payment of replacement money worth IDR 3.54 trillion, a subsidiary of five years in prison.

Thus, the actions of the four defendants were proven to have violated Article 2 Paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law (UU) 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, as the first primary indictment.

Especially for Tamron, it was also proven legally and convincingly guilty of committing the Crime of Money Laundering (TPPU), thus violating Article 3 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering, as the two primary charges.

The verdict was lighter than the prosecutor's demands. Previously, Tamron was sentenced to 14 years in prison, while Achmad, Hasan, and Buyung were eight years in prison each.

However, the four defendants were also subject to the same fine as the charges, which amounted to Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to one year imprisonment for Tamron, while Albani, Hasan, and Buyung were charged with a fine of Rp. 750 million each, subsidiary to six months imprisonment.

As for Tamron, previously he was charged with additional penalties in the form of payment of replacement money worth IDR 3.66 trillion, subsidiary to eight years in prison.

The four defendants were previously suspected of being involved in the alleged corruption case in the management of tin commodity trading in the mining business permit (IUP) area of PT Timah Tbk. 2015 2022 caused a loss to state finances worth IDR 300 trillion.

The loss included as much as Rp2.28 trillion in the form of losses for the cooperation activities of renting processing equipment (processing) logging with private smelters, Rp26.65 trillion in the form of losses due to tin seed payments to mining partners of PT Timah, and Rp271.07 trillion in the form of environmental losses.

Meanwhile, Tamron is also suspected of carrying out money laundering offenses from the corruption money he received in the case amounting to Rp3.66 trillion, including buying heavy equipment, state bonds, and shop houses.

In this case, Tamron together with Achmad, Hasan, and Buyung, through CV VIP and his affiliated companies, namely CV Sumber Energi Perkasa, CV Mega Belitung, and CV Mutiara Jaya Perkasa, were charged with buying and/or collecting tin ore from illegal mining in the PT Timah IUP area.

The activity was also carried out together with other private smelters, including PT Refined Bangka Tin, PT Sarijuna Binasentosa, PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa, and PT Tinindo Internusa.