Five new suspects have been named, three of whom are the head of the provincial ESDM service

They are HL (Hendry Lie) as the beneficial owner of PT Tinindo Inter Nusa (PT TIN) and FL (Fandy Lingga) as a marketing employee of PT TIN. The next three suspects are SW (Suranto Wibowo) as Head of the Energy and Mineral Resources Service (Kadis ESDM) of Bangka Belitung Islands Province for the period 2015 to March 2019, BN as Acting Head of ESDM Department in March 2019, and AS (Amir Syahbana) as Acting Head of ESDM Department Bangka Belitung Islands Province who is now the Head of the ESDM Department of Bangka Belitung Province.

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Kuntadi stated that suspects SW and AS, as the Head of the Energy and Mineral Resources Agency of Bangka Belitung Province, allegedly intentionally issued and approved the Draft Work Plan and Budget (RKAB) submitted by five tin ore processing companies (smelters) even though the RKAB documents did not meet the requirements. The five companies are PT Tinindo Inter Nusa, PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa, PT Refined Bangka Tin, CV Venus Inti Perkasa, and PT Sariwiguna Bina Sentosa.

After an inspection, the investigation team deemed that sufficient evidence had been found and today we designate five people as suspects.

"In addition, the RKAB is not being used to mine in mining business license (IUP) areas, but only to legalize the tin trading activities obtained in the IUP area of PT Timah Tbk," said Kuntadi.

Form a "puppet" company

Two other suspects, FR and HL, are suspected of being involved in conditioning in a collaboration of renting tin processing equipment. For this purpose, they formed two dummy companies to facilitate these illegal activities.

The five suspects were charged with Article 2 Paragraph 1 and Article 3 juncto Article 18 of the Law on the Eradication of Corruption Crimes juncto Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1st of the Code Criminal Law (KUHP).

According to Kuntadi, one of the suspects, HL did not respond to the investigator's summons due to illness. However, HL has previously been examined by the investigators as a witness in the case. Therefore, in the near future, he will be summoned again as a suspect.

The number of suspects is 21 people

Meanwhile, suspect BN was not detained for health reasons. Three other suspects were detained by investigators.

In this case, investigators have identified 16 people as suspects, 15 of whom are related to the main criminal offense and one is related to obstructing the investigation. With the addition of the three suspects, up to this point, investigators have identified 21 people as suspects.

The confiscation of the tin ore processing facilities belonging to these five companies will not disrupt the company's operations.

Does not reduce company value

On that occasion, Kuntadi affirmed that the seizure of tin seed processing facilities belonging to the five companies would not disrupt their operations. His party ensures that the value of the companies will not decrease.

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Previously, Jampidsus Kejagung Febrie Adriansyah stated that the confiscation was not intended to stop tin exploration activities that resulted in the loss of livelihood for the community. However, the seizure was intended to restore the environment and improve tin governance.

"The Jampidsus team and Asset Recovery Agency are seeking solutions so that asset seizures in law enforcement processes can be carried out and the community can work without disrupting the state's revenue," he said.