CPO Export Corruption, AGO Investigators Find Evidence Of Lin Che Wei's Involvement

JAKARTA - Investigators of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) of the Attorney General's Office found evidence related to Lin Che Wei alias Weibinanto Halimdjati in the alleged corruption case regarding the provision of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) export facilities and derivatives for the January 2021 - March 2022 period.

Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah said the suspect Lin Che Wei had a relationship with Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana (IWW) Director General of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Trade (Dirjen Daglu), who was named a suspect last April.

"Incidentally, he (Lin Che Wei) already has evidence, it is known that there is a relationship with the alleged Director General in managing the DMO which is against the law," said Febrie at the round building, the Attorney General's Office, Jakarta, as reported by Antara, Tuesday, May 17.

The DMO requires all crude palm oil producers who will export to allocate 30 percent of their production volume for domestic needs.

According to Febrie, investigators are careful in tracing the role and involvement of parties related to the case. Until he found evidence of Lin Che Wei's involvement as a policy/analysis advisor at Independent Research & Advisory Indonesia.

"This is in accordance with the evidence that has been determined. So investigators are also careful, right, from the evidence, they will see who else is responsible," he said.

The former Director of the Jampidsus Investigation said Lin Che Wei was often involved in every important meeting related to DMO at the Ministry of Trade.

It is still being investigated whether Lin Che Wei's relationship with the Director General of Daglu, is a personal relationship or otherwise.

"What is clear is his status (Lin Che Wei), we don't know at the Ministry of Trade what he is doing in trade, but how come he is involved in every important meeting regarding DMO," said Febri.

Investigators found a lot of evidence of Lin Che Wei's involvement at the Ministry of Trade related to the case, ranging from electronic evidence and others.

"We have a lot of evidence, we see from virtual, zoom meetings, we see from what transactions he is, then where does he work. It turns out that he works as a consultant regarding private suspects we are holding," said Febri.

In this case, apart from the Director General of Daglu, the Ministry of Trade and Lin Che Wei, investigators named 3 suspects from the private sector, namely Master Parulian Tumanggor as Commissioner of PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, Stanley MA as Senior Manager Corporate Affairs of PT Pelita Agung Agrindustri/Permata Hijau Group, and Picare Tagore Sitanggang as General Manager at PT Musim Mas General Affair Section

Investigators suspect that Lin Che Wei violated Article 2 in conjunction with Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

From searching on the internet, Lin Che Wei has a myriad of achievements, including having received the Tasrif Award from the Indonesian Journalist Alliance (AJI), for exposing the Lippo Bank scandal, being the recipient of the Indonesian Best Analyst award from AsiaMoney Magazine and The Most Popular Analyst Award for 2013. 2002 and 2004.

From searching on the internet, LCW has many achievements, ever getting the Tasrif Award from the Indonesian Journalist Alliance (AJI), for exposing the Lippo Bank scandal, receiving the Indonesian Best Analyst award from AsiaMoney Magazine and The Most Popular Analyst Award for 2002 and 2004. .