Helena Lim Named as Suspect of PT Timah Corruption Case
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26 March 2024 22:41 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Attorney General's Office or AGO has named Helena Lim as a suspect for alleged corruption in the tin trading system in the PT Timah Mining Business Permit or IUP in 2015-2022.
Helena Lim is the manager of PT QSE, who was allegedly involved in the rental of tin smelting equipment in the PT Timah Tbk area.
"Investigators said they had enough evidence [to determine] the person in question as a suspect," the head of the investigation at the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes or Jampidsus, Kuntadi, said at his office in South Jakarta late Tuesday, March 26.
The AGO in this case has examined 142 witnesses.
Kuntadi said that Helena Lim was strongly suspected of being involved in managing corruption funds by providing resources and facilities to smelter owners. Her alibi was to accept or distribute corporate social responsibility or CSR funds that benefited other suspects, including herself.
The AGO has detained Helena Lim at the Salemba State Detention Center, Attorney General's Office from March 26 to April 14. "For educational purposes, the suspect will be detained for the next 20 days," he said.
The AGO charged Helena Lim with Article 2 Paragraph (1) and Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law number 31/1999 concerning Corruption Eradication in conjunction with Criminal Code Article 56.
Kuntadi has not yet been able to reveal the amount of the state's loss in this case. Nor could he say how much of PT QSE's CSR money went into this criminal act of corruption. "The calculation is still underway. CRS is just an excuse," Kuntadi said.
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