Supreme Court Cancels Central Jakarta District Court Decision, Three Palm Oil Corporations Return To Corruption Defendant

The defendant in the bribery case, Arif Nuryanta (right), walked into the room to undergo a trial to examine witnesses in the alleged bribery case of the panel of judges for the verdict (ontslag) in a corruption case related to CPO exports at the Corruption Court, Jakarta, Wednesday (10/9/2025).

JAKARTA - The Supreme Court (MA) annulled the acquittal (ontslag) which was sentenced to the first instance court in a corruption case in the provision of crude palm oil (CPO) export facilities after the appeal of the public prosecutor was granted.

Amar putusan: JPU (Jaksa penuntut umum) kabul, demikian excerptikan amar putusan cassasi Nomor 8431, 8432, dan 8433 K/PID.SUS/2025 dikutip dari laman MA dikutip ANTARA, Kamis 25 September.

The cassation decision was handed down by Supreme Court Justice Dwiarso Budi Santiarto as chairman of the assembly along with two members, Agustinus Purnomo Hadi and Achmad Setyo Pudjoharsoyo.

The verdict was knocked out on Monday (15/9) since the case was received on Wednesday (30/4). "Status: the case has been decided, it is in the process of mitigating by the assembly," said the statement from the MA page.

It is known, at the first level, the panel of judges at the Central Jakarta District Court (PN) acquitted the three defendants in the CPO export corruption case, namely Permata Hijau Group, Wilmar Group, and Musim Mas Group.

The released verdict was handed down by the panel of judges chaired by Djuyamto along with member judges, Ali Muhtarom and Agam Syarief Baharuddin. However, after being investigated, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) found that there was an alleged bribery behind the decision.

The AGO named the three judges as suspects along with the former Deputy Chair of the Central Jakarta District Court Muhammad Arif Nuryanta and the North Jakarta District Court Civil Youth Registrar Wahyu Gunawan.

The suspects have been brought to justice. In the inaugural trial at the Central Jakarta District Court, Thursday (21/8), Djuyamto, Ali, and Agam were charged with accepting a total bribe of Rp. 21.9 billion to impose a decision on the three corporate defendants.

The bribe money was allegedly received together with Arif Nuryanta and Wahyu Gunawan for a total of Rp40 billion. Meanwhile, Arif and Wahyu were first tried in the same court on Wednesday (20/8).

According to the prosecutor, the money was received by the judges twice. First, Djuyamto received Rp1.7 billion and Agam and Ali Rp1.1 billion each. Second, Djuyamto received Rp7.8 billion and Agam and Ali each Rp5.1 billion.

The illicit money was allegedly received from Ariyanto, Marcella Santoso, Junaedi Saabih, and Syafei as advocates or parties representing the interests of the Wilmar Group, Permata Hijau Group, and Musim Mas Group in the CPO case.