Jakarta (BERITAPOLITIK.ONLINE) — The Investigator of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) of the Attorney General’s Office has declared Harvey Moeis as a suspect in a case involving alleged corruption in the tin trading permit of PT Timah Tbk from 2015 to 2022.
“Upon thorough examination of the evidence, our investigative team has found sufficient grounds to elevate his status to that of a suspect, namely Mr. HM, acting as a proxy for PT RBT,” stated Kuntadi, Director of Investigation of Jampidsus at the Attorney General’s Office, in Jakarta on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
Prior to being designated as a suspect, investigators interrogated six witnesses, including Harvey Moeis, the spouse of actress Sandra Dewi.
Following his interrogation as a witness, Harvey Moeis’s status was upgraded to that of a suspect based on the evidence gathered by the investigators. He is now detained for 20 days at the Salemba Detention Center, a branch of the South Jakarta District Attorney’s Office.
Kuntadi explained that Harvey Moeis is the 16th suspect in a case resulting in a state loss due to environmental damage estimated at Rp271.06 trillion.
“Between approximately 2018 and 2019, Mr. HM contacted the CEO of PT Timah, Mr. MRPT alias RZ, to facilitate illegal mining activities within PT Timah’s concession area,” Kuntadi elaborated.
After several meetings, it was agreed that these illegal tin mining activities would be disguised as equipment leasing for tin smelting processing. Harvey Moeis then contacted several smelters, including PT SIP, CV VIP, PT SPS, and PT Tim, to participate in these activities.
“As a part of this scheme, the suspect, HM, requested the smelter parties to allocate a portion of their profits to him, disguised as corporate social responsibility (CSR) payments. These funds were transferred to HM by the smelter entrepreneurs via QSE, facilitated by the suspect, HLN,” Kuntadi added.
Harvey Moeis is charged with violating Article 2 paragraph (1), Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.
To date, investigators have designated 16 individuals as suspects. The day before, on Tuesday, the investigators declared the ‘crazy rich’ Bangka, Helena Lim, as a suspect.
Among those already named as suspects are RL, as the General Manager of PT TIN; BY, as the former Commissioner of CV VIP; RI, as the CEO of PT SBS; SG alias AW and MBG, both as mining entrepreneurs in Pangkalpinang City, Bangka Belitung Province.
Furthermore, HT alias AS, as the CEO of CV VIP (a company owned by TN alias AN); MRPT alias RZ, as the CEO of PT Timah Tbk from 2016 to 2021; EE alias EML, as the Finance Director of PT Timah Tbk from 2017 to 2018.
Additionally, suspects TN alias AN and AA have been named.
One individual, identified by the initials TT, has been designated as a suspect for obstructing the investigation into the tin trading corruption case involving the mining permit of PT Timah Tbk from 2015 to 2022.
