Corruption-TPPU Case Duta Palma Group, AGO Examines BSSN Employees

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has examined two witnesses related to cases of alleged corruption and money laundering (TPPU) in PT Duta Palma Group's oil palm plantation business activities. One of the witnesses is an employee of the National Cyber and Crypto Agency (BSSN).

"Examining MARP as a Civil Servant at the National Cyber and Crypto Agency," said Head of the AGO, Harli Siregar in his statement, Friday, November 1.

It was not conveyed in detail what investigators dug up from the statement of the BSSN employee.

Only conveyed, in a series of examinations that took place on Thursday, October 31, investigators also examined one other witness with the initials PA.

The witnesses are the Director of PT Palma Satu and PT Seberida Subur from 2018 to 2020.

In addition, it was also stated that the series of examinations were the development of the previous case which had named Surya Darmadi as a convict.

The development was carried out because from the judicial decision new evidence was obtained regarding the alleged corruption committed by the Palma Group Ambassador.

"The witness examination was carried out to strengthen the evidence and complete the filing in the case," said Harli.

For information, in this case, the AGO has also named a total of 7 corporations as suspects. They are PT Palma Satu; PT Banyu Bening Utama; PT Panca Agro Lestari; PT Kencana Amal Tani; PT Asset Pacific; and PT Darmex Plantations.