Director General Of The Ministry Of Trade Becomes Suspect In Cooking Oil Case, Gerindra: Proof That The State Is Not Losing To The Mafia

Director General of Perdaglu, Ministry of Trade, Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana (IWW) Indasari Wisnu Wardhana (left) has been named a suspect in the alleged case of exporting cooking oil. (Between)

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. Wisnu is a suspect in the cooking oil case. with three private persons. Responding to this, Member of Commission III DPR from the Gerindra faction Habiburokhman assessed that the appointment of four suspects in the cooking oil case by the Attorney General's Office is proof that the state is not inferior to the mafia. And vice versa, whoever is involved must be prepared to go to jail," Habiburokhman told reporters, Wednesday, April 20. In addition, according to him, the determination of the suspected migrant mafia is also clear evidence that the prosecutor's office is very responsive to public reports related to corruption.

The Gerindra politician hopes that the Attorney General's Office will not stop at naming suspects, but will also investigate and reveal in detail who is behind the case of the scarcity and high price of cooking oil.

"(The investigation, ed) must extend to all parties who play an active role and take advantage of the scarcity of cooking oil," said Habiburokhman.

He suspects that this cooking oil case involves many parties, not just officials like the Director General of the Ministry of Trade. the law in the form of collaborating against the law in the issuance of an Export Approval (PE) permit, and with this unlawful cooperation, an Export Approval (PE) that does not meet the requirements is issued, namely distributing CPO or RBD Palm Olein that is not in accordance with the domestic sales price (DPO) and does not distribute CPO and RBD Palm Olein domestically as required 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.