The Attorney General's Office Analyzes The Examination Results Of Former Trade Minister M Lutfi

Former Trade Minister M Lutfi after being questioned by the AGO in the corruption case for CPOD/DOK exports PHOTO: Rizky Adytia-VOI

JAKARTA - Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) the Attorney General's Office, Febrie Adriansyah, is still analyzing the minutes of the examination of former Trade Minister Muhammad Lutfi in the investigation into the alleged corruption case in granting export facilities for CPO raw materials for cooking oil.

"This is still being analyzed by the Dirdik (Director of Investigation) of his BAP (minutes of examination), which will be exposed later," said Febrie, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, June 24.

According to Febrie, his party has no plans to recall Muhammad Lutfi. Currently, the information given by Lutfi during the examination on Wednesday (22/6) is considered sufficient.

"For now, it's enough (information). At this time (the plan for redialing) has not been done," said Febrie.

Previously, the Director of Investigation (Dirdik) Jampidsus Supardi said that Lutfi's information was sufficient so that there were no plans for a recall.

"In the meantime, based on the many questions, it actually seems to be sufficient, they are already representative for proving the suspects. Later, it is still being investigated, here, later if there is new progress, yes, of course if it is necessary to be called, yes, summoned. However, this is temporary enough," Supardi said, Wednesday (22/6) night.

According to Supardi, while undergoing examination as a witness, Muhammad Lutfi has been open in answering investigators' questions regarding the granting of a cooking oil export permit facility and its derivatives. This includes allegations that the suspect Lin Che Wei (LCW) recommended export licensing.

However, Supardi was reluctant to provide details regarding the material for the examination of the former Minister of Trade. He considered that Lutfi was very open to investigators in answering all questions.

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

According to him, it would be best if what happened in the alleged corruption case in granting the cooking oil export permit facility would be revealed in court later.

In principle, he said, Lutfi had given information according to what he heard, seen and experienced in connection with 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. However, later after this process in court," he said.

In addition, from the results of the examination of Lutfi, investigators have so far not found any evidence or facts that the former Minister of Trade Muhammad Lutfi received bribes from palm oil entrepreneurs.

It is known that the Jampidsus Investigative Team of the Attorney General's Office has submitted five case files of suspects in the corruption case granting export permit facilities for crude palm oil (CPO) or cooking oil and its derivatives to the public prosecutor (JPU) on Wednesday (15/6).

"The investigating 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 for research in accordance with Article 110 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Procedure Code," said Head of the Attorney General's Office for Legal Information Center Ketut Sumedana.

There are also five case files that were transferred to Phase I on behalf of the suspect Director General of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Trade (Dirjen PLN Ministry of Trade) Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana (IWW) and Commissioner of PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia Master Parulian Tumanggor (MPT).