The Attorney General's Office (AGO) revealed the chronology of bribes to the panel of judges who sentenced the three corporations accused of corruption in the export of crude palm oil (CPO) at the Jakarta Corruption Court.
Three panel of judges who decided the case against PT Wilmar Group, PT Permata Hijau Group, and PT Musim Mas Group have been named suspects. The three are Agam Syarif Baharudin (ASB), Ali Muftaro (AL), and Djuyamto (DJU).
Director of Investigation of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the Attorney General's Office, Abdul Qohar, said that initially ASB received Rp 4.5 billion in money from Muhammad Arif Nuryanta (MAN), who at that time served as chairman of the South Jakarta District Court.
"After receiving the Rp 4.5 billion, ASB was put into a goody bag, and after leaving the room it was divided into three people, namely ASB itself, AL, and DJU," said Abdul Qohar at a press conference in the Kartika lobby, Attorney General's Building, Jakarta, Monday, April 14 in the morning.
Furthermore, in September 2024, Arif again gave money in US dollars to the three judges. The Rp 18 billion equivalent money was given directly to judge DJU.
Of this amount, ASB received the equivalent of IDR 4.5 billion, DJU received around IDR 6 billion, and AL received around IDR 5 billion.
Qohar emphasized that the judges knew the purpose of giving the money was for them to impose a release or ontslag verdict against the three corporations accused of CPO export corruption.
Until now, seven people have been named as suspects in this case, namely Muhammad Arif Nuryanta (MAN), Marcella Santoso (MS) and Ariyanto (AR) as lawyers, Wahyu Gunawan (WG) as young clerks at the North Jakarta District Court, as well as the three judges ASB, AL, and DJU.
Marcella and Ariyanto are attorneys for the three corporations accused in the CPO export corruption case, namely Permata Hijau Group, Wilmar Group, and Musim Mas Group.
The panel of judges sentenced the three corporations caught in the CPO corruption case in a trial at the Central Jakarta District Court on March 19, 2025.
The verdict is very different from the demands of the public prosecutor who asked Permata Hijau Group to be sentenced to pay compensation of Rp. 937 billion, Wilmar Group of Rp. 11.8 trillion, and Musim Mas Group of Rp. 4.8 trillion.
The results of the AGO's investigation revealed that there was a bribery practice that allegedly affected the verdict. Marcella and Ariyanto are said to have given Rp 60 billion in bribes to Arif through Wahyu Gunawan.
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Qohar said Arif used his position as deputy chairman of the Central Jakarta District Court at that time to arrange a release decision for the defendants of CPO export corruption.
During a search related to the case of the defendant's release verdict for CPO export corruption, investigators found two envelopes in Arif's bag, one brown envelope containing 65 pieces of SGD 1,000 denominations and one white envelope containing 72 US$ 100 denominations.
In addition, Arif's wallet was also confiscated and hundreds of notes were found in various currencies, such as the US dollar, Singapore dollar, Malaysian ringgit, and rupiah.
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