Former Trade Minister Lutfi Answered 61 Questions After Being Examined By The AGO In The Migor Case

Former trade minister Muhammad Lutfi when he arrived at the Attorney General's Roundabout building, Wednesday (9/8/2023). (ANTARA/Laily Rahmawaty)

JAKARTA - Former Minister of Trade (Mendag) Muhammad Lutfi has finished undergoing an examination at the Attorney General's Office. He admitted that he had dozens of questions related to the alleged corruption of the export license for crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives.

"I answered 61 questions," said Lutfi after being questioned at the Jampidsus Roundabout building, Wednesday, August 9.

Lutfi emphasized that he had explained everything before investigators. "I tried to answer as well as possible, as far as I know," he said.

"For the details (of my investigation, red), please friends from the media to investigators at the AGO," continued Lutfi.

Lutfi has been questioned since this morning. He was present at the Roundabout building at around 08.57 WIB wearing a blue long-sleeved batik shirt.

In this case, the AGO named three palm oil companies as corporate suspects in the corruption case of the export approval of crude palm oil and its derivative products, including cooking oil.

The three companies are Wilmar Group, Permata Hijau Group, and Musim Mas Group. All three were proven to be involved in the case based on the decision of the Supreme Court which already has permanent legal force to cause state losses of Rp6.47 trillion.

In addition, there have been five convicts in this case. They are the former Director General of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) Indra Sari Wisnu Wardhana, Member of the Assistant Team of the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Lin Chen Wei, Commissioner of PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia Master Palulian Tumanggor, Senior Manager of Corporate Affairs PT Victorindo Alam Lestari Stanley MA, and GM Section General Affairs of PT Musim Mas Pierre Togas Sitanggang.