Banten Prosecutor's Office Detains 2 Suspects In The Case Of Selling And Buying Cooking Oil Of IDR 20 Billion

SERANG - The Banten High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) has detained two suspects in the alleged corruption case of buying and selling cooking oil between the BUMD PT Agribusiness Banten Mandiri (ABM) and PT Karyacipta Agromandiri Nusantara (KAN) in 2025.

The detention was carried out after investigators obtained sufficient preliminary evidence related to state financial losses which were estimated at Rp20,487,194,100.

Head of Legal Information at the Banten Attorney General's Office, Rangga Adekresna, explained that the two suspects, YU as the Acting Director of PT ABM and AAW as Director of PT KAN.

"Both of them have been officially named suspects and detained since today," said Rangga as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, November 24.

Both of them were detained for 20 days at the Class II B Serang State Detention Center for investigation purposes. Rangga emphasized that the detention was carried out to speed up the process of proof and avoid the potential loss of evidence.

"Detention is part of the investigation process so that the suspects can be held accountable for the alleged criminal acts committed," he said.

Rangga explained that the construction of the case began with the signing of the sale and purchase agreement of 1,200 tons of Non DMO CP8/CP10 cooking oil worth Rp20.4 billion by YU and AAW using the SKBDN payment scheme.

However, until now, PT ABM has never received the cooking oil, while the funds have been disbursed on March 27, 2025 and allegedly used by AAW for other purposes. "The fact is that the goods are not accepted, but the payments have been made to PT KAN," said Rangga.

Investigators ensnared the suspect with the provisions of Article 2 Paragraph (1) subsidiary Article 3 or alternative Article 9 of the Anti-Corruption Law, respectively in conjunction with Article 18 and Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code. The article suspected of being imposed is in accordance with the role of the suspects in causing state financial losses," said Rangga.

Currently, investigators are still investigating the flow of funds and the possible involvement of other parties in the case. "The progress of case handling will be conveyed according to the needs of the investigation process," he said.

Rangga emphasized that law enforcement is carried out in a professional and transparent manner. "We ensure that the investigation process runs objectively and accountably as a form of commitment from the Banten Prosecutor's Office in eradicating corruption," he concluded.