ASIATODAY.ID, JAKARTA – The tin corruption case in Indonesia began to be tried at the Jakarta Corruption Criminal Court, Wednesday, August 14 2024.
In this corruption case, the defendant Harvey Moeis, who is an extension of PT Refined Bangka Tin, was charged with causing state financial losses worth IDR 300 trillion in managing the tin commodity trade system in the mining business permit area of PT Timah Tbk, in 2015-2022.
“The defendant has committed or participated in committing unlawful acts that have harmed the state’s finances,” said public prosecutor Ardito Muwardi at the hearing of the indictment at the Jakarta Corruption Crime Court.
The Public Prosecutor revealed the unlawful acts in question, namely committing acts of enriching oneself, another person, or a corporation or abusing authority to benefit oneself, another person, or a corporation as well as committing the crime of money laundering with the aim of hiding or disguising the origins wealth.
For his actions, Harvey is threatened with criminal penalties in Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code and Article 4 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering.
The Public Prosecutor explained that Harvey’s initial act of corruption was by holding a meeting with the President Director of PT Timah Tbk. Mochtar Riza Pahlevi and PT Timah Operations Director Alwin Albar as well as 27 private smelter owners to discuss Mochtar and Alwin’s request for tin ore of 5 percent of the export quota of the various private smelters.
This request is because the tin ore exported by private smelters is the result of production originating from illegal mining in the PT Timah mining business permit area.
The meeting was held by Harvey with the knowledge of the President Director of PT Refined Bangka Tin Suparta and the Director of Business Development of PT Refined Bangka Tin Reza Andriansyah.
Harvey then asked four private smelters, namely CV Venus Inti Perkasa, PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa, PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa, and PT Tinindo Inter Nusa to pay Harvey security fees of US$500 to US$750 per ton.
The costs, said the Public Prosecutor, appeared to be recorded as social and environmental responsibility (CSR) which was managed by Harvey on behalf of PT Refined Bangka Tin.
Apart from that, Harvey was also charged with initiating cooperation in renting processing equipment for private smelter tin metal processing which did not have competent people (CP), including the four private smelters with PT Timah.
Harvey and the four private smelters also negotiated with PT Timah regarding the private smelter rentals and agreed on the smelter rental price without prior feasibility study.
Furthermore, the Public Prosecutor stated that Harvey and the four private smelters agreed with PT Timah to issue a work order (SPK) in the PT Timah Mining Business License area with the aim of legalizing the purchase of tin ore by private smelters originating from illegal mining in the PT Timah Mining Business License Location. Tin.
After that, Harvey and the four private smelters entered into a collaboration to rent tin processing equipment with PT Timah which was not included in PT Timah’s Work Plan and Budget (RKAB) or the RKAB of the five smelters and their affiliated companies, by purchasing tin ore from miners. illegal in the PT Timah Mining Business License area.
As a result of these actions, the Public Prosecutor assessed that environmental damage occurred, both in forest areas and outside forest areas within the PT Timah Mining Business License area in the form of ecological losses, environmental economic losses and environmental restoration, thereby causing harm to state finances.
Harvey together with Mochtar, Emil Ermindra, and Alwin agreed on a rental price for tin metal processing equipment of US$4,000 per ton for PT Refined Bangka Tin and US$3,700 per ton for the other four smelters without study, with the study being made backdated.
Not only that, Harvey was also charged with receiving security fees from four smelter companies through Helena Lim as the owner of PT Quantum Skyline Exchange. (AT Network)
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