JAKARTA - New facts were revealed in the trial of alleged corruption (tipikor) over the PT Prosympac Agro Lestari (PT PAL) credit in Palembang.
Director of PT Mayang Manguirai Jambi (PT MMJ) Arwin Parulian Saragih and Adimas from the BNI Central Remedial Unit at the trial on March 31 at PN Jambi 2026 revealed the fact that there was an alleged illegal practice of operating a factory owned by PT PAL which had been confiscated by the Jambi High Prosecutor's Office since June 2025 by PT MMJ without permission from the Jambi Prosecutor's Office and the Jambi District Court.
From the trial, it was found that PT PAL was established on June 26, 2014 and began operating in August 2017 after obtaining a plantation-factory business permit with a majority shareholder by Wendy Haryanto.
The majority of the company's shares were then sold to investors affiliated with Bengawan Kamto with a transaction value of IDR 126.5 billion.
The acquisition process is carried out through a phased payment scheme, including the repayment of the company's debt to banks as well as financing support from third parties through refinancing and take over mechanisms to Bank CIMb Niaga as the previous lender in the construction of PT PAL's factory.
After all the requirements for applying for credit to BNI Palembang have been approved such as profiles and permits, operational reports, finances, adequate collateral, corporate guarantees, personal guarantees, and the existence of additional collateral fulfillment, until finally PT Pal obtained credit facilities from the bank up to a total of Rp. 105 billion which was used for refinancing, debt takeover, and company operations.
However, the company's financial condition deteriorated until it eventually experienced a default since 2020, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The problem becomes more complex when in 2022 a binding sales and purchase agreement (PPJB) was made between PT PAL and PT MMJ.
"In the agreement, PT MMJ is said to be the investor and factory manager, where PT MMJ is based on Adimas's statement from BNI remedial and Arwin, the main director of MMJ, and Victor Gunawan, the director of PT PAL at that time, was based on the approval of BNI when the agreement was made at the BNI central office, but PT MMJ after taking over the factory from PT PAL," said PT PAL's lawyer, Ilham Kurniawan in his statement, Sunday, April 19, 2026.
Then only realized a small part of its obligations listed in the Homologation Determination No. 39/pdt.Sus-PKPU/2021/Pn. Mdn dated July 6, 2022 where PT MMJ only made an initial payment of IDR 5 billion to BNI as a separatist creditor and several times paid the obligation to pay to BNI and other competing creditors whose obligations were fulfilled by PT MMJ is far from the agreement, but still illegally controlling the PT PAL factory.
Based on the confession, Arwin, the President Director of PT MMJ admitted that since November 2022, there has been no obligation in accordance with the homologation determination from PN. Niaga Medan.
Even since the PT PAL Factory was seized by the Jambi Prosecutor's Office in June 2025 as state evidence, PT MMJ has continued to operate the factory without official permission from the Prosecutor's Office or the court.
During the trial at the Jambi District Court on March 31, 2026, observed by the media crew, the panel of judges was angry at the actions of PT MMJ which controlled the factory without a permit.
Even more surprising than Arwin's statement, the President Director of PT MMJ said in the trial, the fact was revealed in February 2026, had approached and transferred the management of the factory to another party, as part of the settlement of their internal obligations worth tens of billions of rupiah.
In addition, there were irregularities in the trial when PT MMJ was actually submitted as the party in charge of seized goods through the banking mechanism by BNI to the Jambi Prosecutor's Office in March 2026, although until now PT MMJ has not fulfilled its obligations in determining Homologation and has controlled the PT Pal Factory which was seized without a permit and has enjoyed profits without depositing obligations since November 2022 until now or has been controlled without a valid permit for more than 3 years.
The takeover of the PAL factory without a permit and anyone who supports it outside the official permit is an act against the law that has the potential to harm the country.
In Bengkalis, Riau, a similar thing happened with the illegal possession of an oil palm factory that was confiscated by the Riau High Court until suspects were determined and arrests were made for harming the state.
For this reason, the Jambi Prosecutor is required to investigate PT MMJ which controls the Factory which is the evidence that was seized without permission.
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