The Issue Of Airlangga Hartarto Appearing As A Suspect In Alleged Cooking Oil Corruption, AGO: No Information Yet

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has dismissed the news about the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto who is said to have been named a suspect in the alleged corruption case of the export license of crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivative for the 2021-2022 period. Head of the AGO, Harli Siregar stated that no information had been obtained from the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) regarding the determination of the suspect against Airlangga Hartarto. "We have conveyed information about Airlangga Hartarto," said Harli. The emergence of information about Airlangga Hartarto was determined as a suspect in line with his decision to resign as General Chair of the Golkar Party.

This is because the decision was predicted because Airlangga was involved in a corruption case of cooking oil which cost the state up to Rp6.47 trillion. In handling the alleged corruption case, the AGO is known to have examined Airlangga Hartarto on July 24, 2023. At that time, investigators were said to have asked 46 questions.