The Attorney General's Office Transfers Five Suspects In The Money Laundering Case Of Duta Palma To The Public Prosecutor

JAKARTA - Investigators from the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the Attorney General's Office (AGO) have transferred five corporate suspects in cases of alleged corruption and money laundering (TPPU) involving PT Duta Palma Group to the public prosecutor (JPU) on Monday, December 23, 2024.

"The process of handing over the responsibility of the suspect and evidence (Phase II) has been carried out to the Public Prosecutor's Team for Special Crimes at the Central Jakarta District Attorney," said Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) AGO, Harli Siregar, in a statement in Jakarta, Tuesday, December 24.

Harli said that the five corporations that became suspects were PT Panca Agro Lestari, PT Palma Satu, PT Banyu Bening Utama, PT Seberida Subur, and PT Kencana Amal Tani.

The five corporations are suspected of being involved in money laundering with the original criminal act of corruption in the oil palm plantation business carried out by PT Duta Palma Group in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau.

The corporate suspects will be represented by Tovariga Triaginta Ginting, the Director of the five companies, and the Director of PT Asset Pacific who is still under the auspices of PT Duta Palma Group.

Harli added that the public prosecutor's team will draw up an indictment and immediately submit the case file to the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court.

The actions of the five companies are thought to have caused state financial losses of around IDR 4.798 trillion and USD 7.885.857.36. These losses include lost state revenue rights due to the use of forest resources, such as forest resource provisions, reforestation funds, exploitation fines, and the cost of using forest areas.

"The state loss also includes the cost of recovering land and environmental damage due to irregularities in the conversion of forest areas for plantation business activities," said Harli.

In addition, the five corporations are also suspected of causing environmental losses in the forest area of Indragiri Hulu Regency, whose value reaches IDR 73 trillion. This figure is based on a report from the Institute for Economic Research and Training and Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, Gadjah Mada University (UGM).