The Attorney General's Office Blocks Two Officials Of PT Sugar Group Company To Overseas

Head Of The Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) Attorney General Anang Supriatna (ANTARA)

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has banned two high-ranking officials of PT Sugar Group Companies (SGC), namely Purwanti Lee Cauhoul and Gunawan Yusuf, from traveling abroad since April 2025.

Head of the Attorney General's Office for Legal Information, Anang Supriatna, explained that the deviation was carried out related to the investigation into the Money Laundering (TPPU) case, which dragged former Supreme Court (MA) official Zarof Ricar.

"According to the investigator's information, the person concerned has been banned and has been examined as a witness a few days ago in the money laundering offense case on behalf of Zarof Ricar," Anang told reporters in Jakarta, Saturday.

Separately, the Acting Director General of Immigration Yuldi Yusman confirmed that Purwanti and Gunawan had been banned from traveling abroad at the request of the AGO.

"The inspection has been carried out since April 23, 2025-23 October 2025," Yuldi told reporters.

Previously, Zarof Ricar admitted that he had received Rp50 billion in cash to take care of civil cases related to the Marubeni sugar case.

When he was a witness to the crown (witness and defendant) in the alleged case of conspiracy and gratification, he revealed that he received the money to win the Sugar Group Company in a sugar case.

"Ini uang yang paling besar yang saya terima," ujar Zarof Ricar dalam sidang pemeriksaan saksi crown di Pengadilan Tindak Pidana Korupsi (Tipikor) Jakarta, Rabu (7/5).

Nevertheless, Zarof admitted that he forgot whether the company that gave the money was the plaintiff or the party being sued.

In addition, Zarof also forgot about the time span of the case. He only remembers that case occurred between 2016 and 2018.

At that time, he also believed that the company would win an appeal in the Supreme Court after knowing his track record in the sugar case.

"I got information that this company in the district court won, in the high court too. So, I speculate on winning this," Zarof said.

Zarof has been dragged as a defendant in the alleged bribery and gratification case. In that case, the DKI Jakarta High Court increased the sentence to 18 years in prison, with a fine of Rp. 1 billion with the provision that if it is not paid, it will be replaced (subsider) with 6 months imprisonment.

It was also determined that the Rp915 billion and 51 kilograms of gold confiscated from Zarof were confiscated for the state.

In addition to this case, the AGO has also named Zarof as a suspect in the alleged money laundering offense case.