Judge Rejects Execution 5 Defendant Of Corruption Exporting Cooking Oil

Archives - Former Director General of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Trade Indra Sari Wisnu Wardhana (central) and member of the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Assistance Team Weibinanto Halimdjati alias Lin Che Wei (right) are waiting for the start of the indictment trial/ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor) rejected the exception (notification of objection) submitted by five defendants in the 2022 Crude Palm Oil (CPO) Export Agreement (PE). "The trial, stating objections or exceptions to the defendant's legal counsel is unacceptable. To declare that the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court has the authority to try this case, ordered the public prosecutor to continue the examination of the defendant's case," said chairman of the panel of judges, Liliek Pribawono Adi at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Antara, Tuesday, September 13. The next trial was on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 with the agenda of examining four witnesses from the verifier team from the Ministry of Trade. The four are the Director of Exports for Agriculture and Forestry Products at the Directorate of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Trade Farid Amir, a member of the Ringgo verifier team ST MM, Demak Marseulina and Almira Fauzia. Five defendants in this case, namely the former Director General of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Trade Indra Sari Wisnu Wardhana, Weibinanto Halimdjati alias Lin Che Wei as the policy/analyst advisor at the Independent Research & Advisory of Indonesia (IRAI) who is also the Assistant Team for the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, Master Palulian Tumanggor as Commissioner of PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, Stanley Ma as Senior Manager of Corporate Affairs of PT. Virtorindo Alam Lestari, and Pierre Togar Sitang as General Manager (GM) Section General Affairs of PT Musim Mas. The indictment states that the three groups of companies should supply 20 percent of the total CPO exports, but this does not result in a total state financial loss of Rp6,047,645,700,000 as reported by the BPKP Audit Result Number: PE.03/SR – 511/D5/01/2022 dated July 18, 2022, and the state economy of Rp12,312,053,298,925 based on calculations from the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) of Gadjah Mada University. The defendants' actions enriched a number of corporations, namely first, the companies that are members of the Wilmar Group, namely PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, PT Multimas Nabati Asahan, PT Sinar Alam Permai, PT Multimas Nabati Sulawesi, PT Wilmar Bioenergy Indonesia, totaling Rp1,693,219,882,064. Second, companies that are members of the Musim Mas Group, namely PT Musim Mas, PT Musim Mas – Fuji, PT Intibenua Perkasatama, PT Agro Makmur Raya, PT Megasurya Mas, PT Wira Inno Mas, totaling Rp626,630,516,604. Third, the companies that are members of the Permata Hijau Group, namely from PT Permata Hijau Palm Oleo, PT Nagamas Palmoil Lestari, PT Permata Hijau Sawit, and PT Pelita Agung Agrindustri totaling Rp124,418,318,216. Legal adviser Commissioner of PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia Master Parulian Tumanggor, Juniver Girsang said his party requested the calculation of state financial losses from BPKP. "We ask for calculations from BPKP which states that there is a state loss. What is the basis? What is the calculation? Then is there really such a loss and who should be held accountable for the loss," said Juniver. Juniver believes his client has met the DMO requirements required by the Ministry of Trade to obtain PE. "We believe it has fulfilled, then we ask to be presented at the trial why is it said that it did not meet? Which one did not fulfill it, so we will test it in court," said Juniver.