The Attorney General's Office Affirms That Ex-KPK Has Not Found Facts Ex-Minister Of Trade M Lutfi Accepted Bribes, Dirdik Jampidsus Supardi Ex-KPK: That's Bribery Who Says?

Director of Investigation of the Deputy Attorney General (Dirdik Jampidsus) Supardi, Wednesday (22/6/2022). (ANTARA/Laily Rahmawaty) (ANTARA/Laily Rahmawaty)

JAKARTA - The Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Investigation Director Supardi said investigators have not found any evidence or facts that former Trade Minister Muhammad Lutfi is suspected of receiving bribes from palm oil entrepreneurs.

"Who said that? So until now we haven't been able to find that fact (Lutfi received bribes from palm oil entrepreneurs)," Supardi said at the Attorney General's Office as reported by Antara, Wednesday, June 22.

According to Supardi, during his examination as a witness, Muhammad Lutfi was open to answering investigators' questions regarding the granting of a cooking oil export permit and its derivatives. Including, the alleged suspect Lin Che Wei (LCW) who recommended export licensing.

However, Supardi was reluctant to provide details regarding the examination material of the former Minister of Trade.

Because, he said, Lutfi was very open to investigators in answering all the questions given.

"Mr. Lutfi has already opened everything. It means, he is trying to be open, he is really open to what he hears, he sees and experiences. I just can't tell," Supardi said.

According to him, the alleged corruption case in granting the cooking oil export permit facility will all be revealed in court later.

In principle, Supardi said, Lutfi had conveyed information according to what he heard, saw and experienced regarding this case and did not cover up the involvement of the suspects.

"I can't convey the material. So let it be open in court later. But later after this process in court, "he said.

For information, the Jampidsus Investigative Team of the Attorney General's Office has submitted five case files for suspected corruption cases in granting export permit facilities for crude palm oil (CPO) or cooking oil and its derivatives to the public prosecutor (JPU) on Wednesday, June 15, 2022.

"The investigative prosecutor team at the Directorate of Investigation submitted five files on five corruption suspects in granting CPO export permit facilities to the Directorate of Prosecution of Jampidsus, to conduct research in accordance with Article 110 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Procedure Code," said the Head of the Attorney General's Legal Information Center, Ketut Sumedana.

The five case files that were handed over in phase I were named after the suspect Director General of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Trade (Director General of PLN Ministry of Trade), Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana (IWW), Commissioner of PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, Master Parulian Tumanggor (MPT).

Then the Senior Manager Corporate Affairs of PT Pelita Agung Agrindustri or Permata Hijau Group, Stanley MA (SM), General Manager of the General Affairs Section of PT Musim Mas, Picare Tagore Sitanggang (PTS), and policy advisor or analysis at Independent Research & Advisory Indonesia, Lin Che Wei (LCW).

Meanwhile, continued Ketut, the articles that were suspected of the suspects were Article 2 Paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and added to the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

Then Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code.