2024-08-31 02:32:26
Thursday, August 29, 2024 – 02:12 WIB
Three smelter executives in the indictment reading trial for the alleged tin corruption case at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor), Wednesday (28/8/2024). (ANTARA/Agatha Olivia Victoria)
jpnn.com – Two top executives of a private smelter company were charged with receiving Rp4.1 trillion and money laundering related to an alleged corruption case in the management of tin commodity trading, in the mining business permit (IUP) area of PT Timah Tbk. in 2015–2022.
This tin corruption has caused state financial losses amounting to Rp. 300 trillion.
Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Attorney General’s Office, Wazir Iman Supriyanto, said that the two high-ranking officials in question were the Beneficial Owner of PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa (SIP) Suwito Gunawan alias Awi, who enriched himself by IDR 2.2 trillion, and the Director of PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa (SBS), Robert Indarto, who received IDR 1.9 trillion.
“The two defendants have committed unlawful acts that have caused state financial losses of IDR 300 trillion and committed the crime of money laundering (TPPU) in hiding the origin of their assets,” said Wazir during the indictment reading hearing at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor), Wednesday (28/8/2024).
Thus, the actions of both are regulated and subject to criminal penalties in Article 2 Paragraph (1) or Article 3 Juncto Article 18 of the Corruption Eradication Law and Article 3 or Article 4 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning TPPU Jo. Article 55 Paragraph (1) ke-1 of the Criminal Code.
In the same trial, there was also the General Manager Operational of PT Tinindo Inter Nusa (TIN) for the 2017-2020 period Rosalina whose charges were also read. Although involved in the case, Rosalina did not receive money and did not commit TPPU.
Therefore, Rosalina is threatened with criminal charges in Article 2 Paragraph (1) or Article 3 Jo. Article 18 of the Typikor Law Jo. Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code.
The Public Prosecutor explained that Suwito, either alone or together with the Director of PT SIP MB Gunawan, through PT SIP and its affiliated companies, namely CV Bangka Jaya Abadi and CV Rajawali Total Persada and other private smelters, had purchased and/or collected tin ore from illegal mining in the PT Timah IUP area.
Two defendants in the tin corruption case, namely the top brass of a private smelter company, were charged with receiving IDR 4.1 trillion of the IDR 300 trillion in state losses.
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