AGO Seizes 5 Smelter Companies in PT Timah Graft Case
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22 April 2024 10:28 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The joint team of investigators from the Attorney General's Office (AGO) Special Crimes Prosecutor's Office (Jampidsus) and the Bangka Belitung Islands High Prosecutor's Office confiscated five smelter companies in the alleged corruption in the processing of Mining Business Permits (IUP) of state-owned tin mining giant PT Timah (Persero) Tbk from 2015 to 2022.
“The confiscation was carried out from Friday to Saturday, April 19 to 20,” said the AGO’s spokesperson Ketut Sumedana in a video release on Sunday, April 21.
The confiscation took the form of taking over land, buildings, transportation equipment, and tin processing equipment in the smelter area. The five companies are as follows:
1. PT Sariwaguna Binasentosa, with the suspect Robert Indrarto.
2. PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa, with the suspect Suwito Gunawan.
3. CV Venus Inti Perkasa, with the suspect Tamron alias Aon.
4. PT Tinindo Internusa, with the suspect Rosalina.
5. PT Refined Bangka Tin, with the suspects Suparta and Harvey Moeis.
“Four companies are located in the Ketapang Industrial Area, Pangkalpinang City, Bangka Belitung,” Ketut explained, adding that the fifth company is in the Jelitik Industrial Area, Sungailiat, Bangka Regency.
As reported by Tempo Magazine, March 11-17 2023 edition, the AGO has questioned 148 witnesses in this corruption case and named 16 suspects, including President Director of PT Timah 2016-2021, Mochtar Riza Pahlevi Tabrani.
Illegal tin mining in Bangka Belitung was first revealed in 2018 when PT Timah reported the large number of unlicensed tin mines operating in its area to the National Police.
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