JAKARTA - It is still fresh in the public's memory in November 2025, when the Prosecutor's Office named Irwan Perangin Angin as a corruption suspect.
The main accusation is bombastic: handing over PTPN II assets to PT NDP without the consent of the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu). However, the narrative that investigators have built for months now seems to be crumbling before the panel of judges.
In the continuation of the trial at the Medan Corruption Court, legal experts actually gave a free "lecture" for law enforcement regarding the actual reality of corporate and land law.
If Irwan was pressured to make land contributions to PT NDP (his business) without the consent of the Ministry of Finance, business law expert Prof. Nindyo Pramono actually conveyed facts that reversed the situation.
He emphasized that in the provisions of the Minister of SOEs Regulation, it was conveyed that PTPN II has legal autonomy in managing its corporate actions.
As a corporate internal Beschikking of SOEs, the process of input to children and grandchildren of SOEs does not require permission from the Ministry of Finance at all.
"PTPN II is a state-owned enterprise that is subject to the rules of its ministry. It is enough with the approval of the Board of Commissioners and the GMS, the implementation of the contribution to its subsidiary is legally valid," said Prof. Nindyo at the trial as quoted from a written statement.
This affirmation automatically destroys the main premise of the determination of the suspect in November 2025.
If until now the prosecutor suspected there was a violation of bureaucratic procedures between ministries, the facts of the trial actually proved that Irwan Perangin Angin had acted appropriately according to his capacity to lead SOEs, without having to be held hostage by the bureaucracy of the Ministry of Finance which is irrelevant in the context of the contribution of subsidiaries.
More bluntly, Prof. Nindyo explained that PTPN II had carried out the procedure for the write-off of fixed assets of SOEs in accordance with the SOE Decree No. PER-02/MBU/2010. The assets are not lost, but rather transformed into capital participation in the form of shares which in fact provide potential dividends for the country in the future.
Not only about permits, the mechanism for the release of HGU which was portrayed as an attempt to "eliminate assets" was also examined by land experts.
Prof. Nurhasan Ismail and Dr. Yagus Suyadi revealed that the land release route to state land is the only legal mechanism for PT NDP to apply for HGB, given the difference in business permits (core business) between the two companies.
In fact, Prof. Nurhasan emphasized the strength of the administration in this case through the existence of a Decree (SK) issued by the Ministry of ATR/BPN.
"Legally, the only party who can cancel the SK is the official who issued it, the superior of the official, or through a lawsuit by the aggrieved party at the State Administrative Court (PTUN)," he explained.
As long as the SK is not canceled, then all the underlying administrative actions are valid and binding. Regarding the issue of the obligation to hand over 20 percent of the land which is often used to corner the defendant, the expert actually said that the state cannot take the land for free without an agreement on compensation.
Moreover, until now the government has not issued technical rules regarding the handover mechanism, so the allegation of state losses has become a sumir.
Responding to the "break" of the prosecutor's argument at the trial, the legal advisory team of Irwan Perangin Angin, Fernandes Raja Saor, and Ahmad Firdaus Syahrul, expressed satisfaction with the course of the trial.
They assessed that the experts' statements had provided a very clear picture for the panel of judges that their client acted entirely within the legal corridors of business and land regulations.
The next trial will be held on Monday, April 20, 2026, with the agenda of the expert examination of the defendants' legal advisers.
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