The Attorney General's Office Investigate Allegations Of Corruption In PT Duta Palma Group's Palm Oil Land In Riau

Attorney General ST Burhanuddin (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office is investigating allegations of corruption in land management in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau by PT Duta Palma Group. In fact, this case was upgraded to an investigation status.

"The Prosecutor's Office is investigating a case of alleged corruption in the land grabbing of the PT Duta Palma Group area," said Attorney General ST Burhanuddin to reporters, Monday, June 27.

PT Duta Palma Group manages the forest area into an oil palm plantation of 37,095 hectares without rights and against the law. This causes losses to the country's economy.

The increase in the status of this case is based on the Investigation Order of the Director of Investigation of the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes Number: Print-25/F.2/Fd.2/05/2022 dated 17 May 2022.

"So he (PT Duta Palma Group) has land, but the land is without any documents," he said.

Then, in handling this case, the owner of PT Duta Palma Group is still being sought. In fact, it has been included in the wanted list (DPO) published by the KPK.

Burhanuddin said the state losses caused were still in the process of being calculated. However, based on the data, this company earns a profit of IDR 600 billion per month.

"Then we will calculate how much the loss will be, of course since the company was founded, since the company produces. That's where the state's losses will come from, and later I will ask the head of BPKP to do the calculation," said Burhanuddin.