Indonesian Sharia Bank Officials Examined By AGO For Corruption In CPO Export Permits

DOK: Jampidsus investigators from the Attorney General's Office named one suspect with the initials LCW in the case of granting export facilities for CPO and its derivatives, Tuesday (17/5/2022). ANTARA/Laily Rahmawati

JAKARTA - Investigators of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes examined the Head of the Government Project Group PT Bank Syariah Indonesia with the initials AS, as a witness in the investigation of the alleged corruption case in the provision of CPO export facilities.

"The witness being examined, namely AS as the Government Project Group Head of PT Bank Syariah Indonesia Tbk, was examined in relation to the investigation into the alleged corruption case in the provision of export facilities for CPO and its derivatives from January 2021 to March 2022," said Head of the Attorney General's Office for Legal Information, Ketut Sumedana, in a written statement quoted by Antara, Monday, June 13.

Today investigators only examined one witness. He said the examination of witnesses was carried out to strengthen evidence and complete the case file.

Previously, Thursday (9/6), investigators also examined an official at the Ministry of Trade with the initials SR as a witness in the investigation into the alleged corruption case in granting export facilities for CPO and its derivatives. SR is the head of the General Bureau and Procurement Services of the Ministry of Trade.

Unlike last Wednesday (8/6), there were five witnesses who were examined, consisting of four private witnesses and one witness from a government institution. The five witnesses examined, namely the initials of RP Panjaitan as Finance Staff of PT Indocement Research and Advisor Indonesia, and witness N as an employee of PT Mega Surya Mas, witness TM as a private employee of PT Wilmar Group. Witness FS as Retail Funding and Service Division Head of PT Bank Tabungan Negara Tbk. Then, one witness from the institution, namely FA as the Director of Agricultural and Forestry Production Exports.

The Attorney General's Office has suspected five people in a corruption case in granting export facilities for CPO and its derivative products, including cooking oil, which took place from January 2021 to March 2022.

The five suspects are Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana as the Director General of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Trade.

Then four other people from the private sector, namely Master Parulian Tumanggor as Commissioner of PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, Senior Manager of Corporate Affairs of PT Pelita Agung Agrindustri/Permata Hijau Group Stanley MA.

Next was Picare Tagore Sitanggang as General Manager at the General Affairs Section of PT Musim Mas and founder and policy/analyst advisor to PT Independent Research & Advisodry Indonesia Lin Che Wei.

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.

Previously, the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes, Febrie Adriansyah, stated that his party would immediately complete the CPO export case file to be transferred to the first phase to the public prosecutor this month.

"This is the target for filing at the end of June," he said, Wednesday (1/6).