Investigating Allegations Of Corruption In Land Tenure, The Attorney General's Office Examines The Director General Of Customs And Excise

Head of the Attorney General's Office for Legal Information (Kapus Penkum) Ketut Sumedana. ANTARA/HO-Puspenkum AGO

JAKARTA - The Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) investigators examined the Director of Customs and Excise Information at the Directorate General of Customs with the initials AS.

AS is being investigated in its capacity as a witness to the alleged corruption case of land tenure by PT Duta Palma Group.

"The United States is being investigated in connection with the investigation into the alleged corruption case in the implementation activities carried out by PT Duta Palma Group in Indragiri Hulu Regency," said Head of the Attorney General's Office for Legal Information Center Ketut Sumedana in a written statement received in Jakarta, Antara, Tuesday, August 2.

The initials AS refer to Agus Sudarmadi's statement. He was examined with other witnesses, namely Tovariaga Triaginta Ginting, as Director of Palma Satu, PT Panca Agro Lestari and PT Seberida Subur. The three companies are owned by Surya Darmadi who is a member of the Duta Palma Group.

"Witness examination is carried out to strengthen evidence and complete the filing of the case," said Ketut.

The day before, the Attorney General's Office Jampidsus investigators named two suspects, namely former Indragiri Hulu Regent Raja Thamsir Rahman and Surya Darmadi, Director of PT Duta Palma Group.

Attorney General Senitiar Burhanuddin said Monday (1/8) that the permits were granted to five companies, namely PT Banyu Bening Utama, PT Panca Agro Lestari, PT Seberida Subur, PT Palma Satu, and PT Kencana Amal Tani.

"SD (Surya Darmadi), without a permit to release forest areas from the Ministry of Forestry, and without any use rights from the National Land Agency, has used forest areas by opening oil palm plantations and producing palm oil," said Burhanuddin.

Based on the results of expert calculations, Burhanuddin revealed that the estimated state financial and economic losses caused by these activities reached Rp78 trillion.

"Based on the results of the exposure that was carried out on July 18, 2022, the investigative team has found sufficient evidence for the suspect, namely the RTR brother, the Regent of Indragiri Hulu Regency for the 1999-2008 period and SD, the owner of the Duta Palma Group," said Burhanuddin.

Suspect Raja Thamsir Rahman and suspect Surya Darmadi are suspected of violating primary Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

With subsidiary Article 3 Jo. Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code .

Specifically for Suspect Surya Darmadi, he is also suspected of violating Article 3 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering or Article 4 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering.

The suspects were not detained because the suspect RTR was serving a sentence for another case at the Pekanbaru prison, while the suspect DS was still on a DPO status, said Burhanuddin.