Continuing To Investigate CPO Export Corruption Cases, Attorney General's Office Examines Two Officials Of The Ministry Of Trade

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JAKARTA - Investigators of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) of the Attorney General's Office examined two officials within the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) regarding the alleged corruption case in providing export facilities for "crude palm oil" (CPO) and its derivatives. witnesses, namely BA as Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia and FA as Director of Export of Agricultural and Forestry Products, Director General of Foreign Trade (Daglu) of the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia. January 2021-March 2022," said the Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) at the Attorney General's Office, Ketut Sumedana, in a written statement received in Jakarta, Thursday. In addition, along with the examination of the 2 officials of the Ministry of Trade, the investigating prosecutor examined one witness from the private sector. Ketut said that the witness from the private sector had the initials JR as Director of PT Bina Karya Prima. "Witness examination is carried out to strengthen evidence and complete the filing in this case," said Ketut. Director General of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Trade (Dirjen Daglu) Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana, Master Parulian Tumanggor as Commissioner of PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, Stanley MA as Senior Manager Corporate Affairs of PT Pelita Agung Agrindustri/Permata Hijau Group, and Picare Tagore Sitanggang as General Manager of the Division General Affair PT Musim Mas. Currently, the real fact on the ground is that there is no DMO of 20 percent cooking oil as a requirement for the issuance of an Export Approval (PE) permit. The Investigating Prosecutor suspects the suspects under Article 2 or Article 3 of the Corruption Crime Act (Tipikor). ), then Article 54 paragraph (1) letter a and paragraph (2) letter abe and f of the Law dang 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.