The Attorney General's Office Confiscates IDR 301 Billion Again In The Money Laundering Case Of Duta Palma Group

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The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has again confiscated money related to cases of alleged corruption and money laundering (TPPU) in PT Duta Palma Group's oil palm plantation business activities. The value reached Rp301 billion.

The Director of Investigation at the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the AGO, Abdul Qohar, said that hundreds of billions of money were confiscated from PT Darmex Plantation.

"Today, the investigators confiscated the money as a result of money laundering with the main criminal act of corruption," Qohar told reporters, Tuesday, November 12.

The money worth Rp301,986,366,605 is money collected by PT Darmex Plantation from five other companies, namely PT Palma Satu, PT Siberida Subur, PT Banyu Bening Utama, PT Panca Agro Lestari, and PT Kencana Amal Tani.

The company runs oil palm plantation businesses and oil palm management on land in forest areas or there is no release of forest areas in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau Province.

"The results of this crime are due to the control and management of land, as I mentioned earlier, transferred and placed in PT DP, namely the plantation holding, which was later transferred by PT DP and disguised to the Darmex Foundation account amounting to Rp301 billion," said Qohar.

Previously, investigators had also confiscated IDR 450 billion in cash and IDR 372 billion in this case.

Meanwhile, the investigation of the money laundering offense case with the origin crime (TPA) in the corruption case of oil palm plantation business activities, investigators have named 7 suspects.

They are PT Asset Pacific, PT Palma Satu; PT Banyu Bening Utama; PT Panca Agro Lestari; PT Kencana Amal Tani; and PT Darmex Plantations.