Timah Corruption Trial, Mrs. Helena Lim Was Removed From The Room For Crying

The defendant's mother, Helena Lim, Hoa Lian, was removed from the courtroom during a trial reading the verdict of the panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Monday, December 30, 2024. (ANTARA/Agatha Olivia Victoria)

JAKARTA - The Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor) issued Hoa Lian, the mother of the defendant Helena Lim, from the courtroom because of the continuous crying during the verdict reading process.

The presiding judge, Rianto Adam Pontoh, asked that the person who kept crying be expelled so as not to interfere with the judge's concentration in reading the verdict. "Who is crying? Please remove it so as not to disturb our concentration," he said in a hearing that took place on Monday.

Hoa Lian, who was in the courtroom in a wheelchair, had refused to come out and kept crying. However, after the judge's request, security officers immediately took Hoa Lian out.

During the process, Hoa Lian continued to cry and had expressed her anger at the security officers with the words, "Just turn with my life."

Helena Lim, also known as "Crazy Rich Pantai Indah Kapuk (PIK)", is facing a verdict hearing related to the alleged tin corruption case at the Jakarta Corruption Court.

The trial, chaired by Chief Justice Rianto Adam Pontoh, also involved several other defendants, such as the President Director of PT Timah Tbk for the 2016-2021 period, Mochtar Riza Pahlevi Tabrani, Finance Director of PT Timah 2016-2020, Emil Ermindra, and Director of PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa (SIP), MB Gunawan.

Helena Lim was charged with imprisonment for eight years and a fine of Rp. 1 billion, as well as a replacement payment of Rp. 210 billion, which if not paid, will be subject to an additional four years in prison. Helena is suspected of being involved in a corruption case in the management of tin commodity trading in the mining business permit (IUP) area of PT Timah from 2015 to 2022.

Helena was charged with violating several articles in the Corruption Eradication Law (UU No. 31 of 1999) which was amended by Law no. 20 of 2001, as well as Article 3 of Law no. 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering.

Dalam kasus ini, Helena diduga membantu terdakwa Harvey Moeis, yang merupakan perpanjangan tangan dari PT RBT, dalam menyimpan uang hasil korupsi tin sebesar 30 juta dolar AS (sekitar Rp420 miliar).

In addition, Helena was also charged with money laundering (TPPU) using hidden funds to buy luxury items, including bags, cars, land, and houses, to cover up the origin of the money.

State losses due to the actions of the defendants in the tin corruption case are estimated at IDR 300 trillion. This loss includes IDR 2.28 trillion from the cooperation of tin processing tools with private smelters, IDR 26.65 trillion from tin seed payments to mining partners of PT Timah, as well as environmental losses of IDR 271.07 trillion. (ANT)