BENGKULU - The Bengkulu High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) handed over state losses of Rp. 13.3 billion to the state treasury and the Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDPKS) related to the decision on the corruption case of the oil palm rejuvenation program in North Bengkulu Regency in 2019/2020.
Head of the Bengku Attorney General's Office, Heri Germany, said the Rp13 billion fund was confiscated evidence that during the search and confiscation for the state amounted to Rp9 billion and Rp4.3 billion was returned to BPDPKS.
"We have also sentenced the court and we have also executed the defendant, so that the funds were confiscated for the state and also returned to BPDPKS. This is the first case of oil palm rejuvenation that was successfully uncovered by the Attorney General's Office in Indonesia," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, May 11.
He said the Rp9 billion was confiscated for the state to be taken into account as payment of replacement money that had been made by the convict, then Rp4.3 billion was returned to BPDPKS because it had not been indicated or had not been used for replanting activities (rejuvenation of oil palm).
Herimnambah, after the execution of the refund, the Bengkulu Special Criminal Investigation Team continued to develop and investigate whether anyone else was involved in the case.
"If there is sufficient evidence and if there are indications, it means we have to look for the evidence, it can't just be suspected. The team is still working to be able to develop this case while looking for the evidence," he said.
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Meanwhile, Head of the CPO Fee and Fee Levy Division, BPDPKS Ahmad Munir, explained that the funds returned by the Bengkulu Prosecutor's Office amounting to Rp4.3 billion would be used again for the oil palm rejuvenation program.
Previously, the Bengkulu District Court (PN) Panel of Judges sentenced the four defendants to four years in prison for the corruption case in the PPKS activity distribution project or replanting palm oil in Pinang Raya District, North Bengkulu Regency.
The four defendants are the Chairman of the Rindang Jaya AS Farmers Group, the Secretary of the Rindang Jaya ED Farmers Group, the Rindang Jaya S Farmers Group Treasurer, and the Tanjung Muara Village Head, namely P.
In this case, the Bengkulu Attorney General's Office confiscated around Rp. 13 billion from four suspects in the alleged corruption case of replanting activities in North Bengkulu Regency in 2019-2020.
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