Aceh Prosecutor's Office Investigators Confiscate IDR 17.6 Billion And Assets Related To The Case Of Alleged PSR Corruption In West Aceh

Investigators are guarding two suspects in alleged corruption in the oil palm rejuvenation program at the Aceh Prosecutor's Office, Banda Aceh.

BANDA ACEH - Aceh High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) investigators have confiscated Rp17.6 billion from 10 cooperative accounts related to the investigation of alleged corruption in the people's palm oil rejuvenation program (PSR) in West Aceh Regency.

The head of the Aceh Attorney General's Office, Bambang Bachtiar, revealed that two people have been named as suspects in this case, namely Z as the chairman of the Mandiri Producers Cooperative and SM as the head of the West Aceh Regency Plantation Service.

"In this case, investigators named two people as suspects, namely Z as chairman of the Mandiri and SM Producers Cooperative as head of the West Aceh Regency Plantation Service," said Bambang.

In addition to the Rp17.6 billion in cash, investigators also confiscated several suspect assets. The confiscated assets include a Colorado HR-V car and a Colorado Chevrolet car along with documents, houses, and land with an area of 225.5 square meters and 1.307 square meters, respectively, located in Johan Pahlawan District, West Aceh Regency.

In this case, investigators also received a refund from the assistance of the people's oil palm rejuvenation program of Rp. 247.5 million. The investigation into the alleged corruption of the people's palm oil rejuvenation program began when the Mandiri Jaya Beusare Producer Cooperative in 2017 submitted a proposal to the Palm Oil Rejuvenation Fund Management Agency through the West Aceh Regency Plantation Service.

"In addition to confiscating money in accounts and assets in the form of houses and land, investigators also received refunds from assistance for the people's oil palm rejuvenation program of Rp. 247.5 million," said Bambang.

Although the proposal was approved and the program was carried out in 10 stages from 2018 to 2020 with a total budget of more than Rp75.6 billion, the identification report from the Faculty of Agriculture, Syiah Kuala University revealed that the land proposed as recipients of the PSR program was still in a forest condition and had never been planted with palm oil.

This condition is not in accordance with the conditions that must be met to obtain PSR program funds, namely land with oil palm plants that are 25 years old with productivity below 10 tons per hectare. However, the proposed land is still in the form of forest, shrubs, and vacant land that has not been planted, even including oil palm plantation land from the company's right to use.