The Attorney General's Office Unveils Articles That Ensnare The Director General Of Trade And Industry At The Ministry Of Trade Regarding CPO Exports

Director General of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) Indasari Wisnu Wardhana (left) wearing prison clothes after being named a suspect / Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Director General of Foreign Trade (Dirjen Perdaglu) of the Ministry of Trade Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana (IWW) has been named a suspect in a corruption case in the provision of export facilities for "crude palm oil" (CPO) and its derivatives for the period January 2021-March 2022.

The Junior Attorney General's Investigator for Special Crimes at the Attorney General's Office (Jampidsus Kejagung) said he would ensnare IWW with Article 2 or Article 3 of the Corruption Crime Act (Tipikor) and Article 54 paragraph (1) letter a and paragraph (2) letters abe and f. Law Number 7 of 2014 concerning Trade and/or Decree of the Minister of Trade Number 129 juchto Number 170 of 2022 concerning Determination of Amounts for Distribution of Domestic Needs and Domestic Sales Prices.

Furthermore, the provisions of Chapter 2 letter a number 1 letter b in conjunction with chapter 2 letter c number 4 letter c Regulation of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade Number 02 DAGLU per 1 2022 concerning Technical Instructions for Implementation of Policies and Regulations on CPO Exports. The suspects are now being held for the first 20 days.

"Yes, Article 2 or Article 3 of the Corruption Law. That's the main article," said the Director of Investigations at the Indonesian Attorney General's Office, Supardi, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, April 20.

IWW was named a suspect along with three other people from the private sector, namely Stanle MA (SMA), Senior Manager Corporate Affairs of Permata Hijau Group, Master Parulian Tumanggor (MPT), Commissioner of PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, and Picare Togar Sitanggang (PT), General Manager General Affairs section of PT Musim Mas.

According to Supardi, in addition to articles 2 and 3, investigators are currently investigating the alleged crime of bribery allegedly committed by the suspects.

"Article 12 is a bribe. It may be (explored) if there is a method, "said Supardi.

Previously, it was reported by Attorney General Sanitia Burhanuddin that the three suspects had committed unlawful acts in the form of collaborating against the law in the issuance of Export Approval (PE) permits, and with this unlawful cooperation, an Export Approval (PE) was issued which did not meet the requirements, namely distributing CPO or RBD Palm Olein is not in accordance with the domestic sales price (DPO) and does not distribute CPO and RBD Palm Olein domestically as the obligations in the DMO (20 percent of total exports).

As a result of the actions of the suspects, it resulted in state economic losses, namely the expensiveness and scarcity of cooking oil, resulting in a decrease in household consumption and small industries that use cooking oil and complicate people's lives.