The Indictment Begins To Be Drafted, Lin Che Wei And The Former Director General Of The Ministry Of Trade Soon Become Prisoners

Kapuspenkum of the Attorney General's Office, Ketut Sumedana (ANTAR/HO-Puspenkum of the Attorney General's Office/am)

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office has transferred phase II (suspects and evidence) to the case of alleged corruption in granting permits for the export of crude palm oil (CPO) facilities to the Central Jakarta District Attorney.

The Head of the Attorney General's Office for Penuspenkum, Ketut Sumedana, explained that with this stage, the Prosecution Team immediately prepared indictments for the suspects so that they could be tried at the Corruption Court, Central Jakarta.

"After the handover of the suspect's responsibilities and evidence, the Public Prosecution Team will immediately prepare an indictment to complete the delegation of the five case files mentioned above to the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court," said Ketut Sumedana in his written statement, Monday 1 August quoted from Antara.

The suspects are Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana as Director General of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag). The other three suspects are managers of CPO exporting companies, namely Stanley MA as Senior Manager Corporate Affairs of PT Pelita Agung Agrindustri/Permata Hijau Group, Master Parulian Tumanggor as Commissioner of PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, and Picare Tagore as General Manager of PT Musim Mas. The next suspect is Lin Che Wei (LCW) alias Weibinanto Halimjati, founder and policy/analysis advisor at Independent Research & Advisory Indonesia (IRAI) whose services are used by the Ministry of Trade.

After the transfer of the suspects was over, they were detained for the next 20 days starting from August 1 to 20, 2022. Suspects Indrasari and Master Parulian were detained at the Salemba Rutan at the Attorney General's Office, the suspects Picare Tagore and Stanley were detained at the Salemba Rutan at the South Jakarta District Attorney's Office. , as well as the suspect Lin Chen Wei being detained at the Salemba Rutan, Central Jakarta. The suspects are suspected of violating Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999. 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, Jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code (Primary). Subsidiary 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 Jo . Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

As a result of the actions of the suspects in this case resulted in a state economic loss of around Rp. 18.335 trillion, he explained. Previously, the Attorney General's Office investigators had asked the former Minister of Trade Muhammad Lutfi as a witness. He is the superior of the suspect Indrasari.

Director of Investigations at the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Dirdik Jampidsus) Attorney General Supardi said that currently there are only five suspects. "Meanwhile (five suspects)," said Supardi.