Member of Commission III of the House of Representatives, Gilang Dhielafararez, has encouraged the formation of a Special Committee (Pansus) or Special Working Meeting to follow up on the disclosure of the export corruption case of crude palm oil (CPO) after the Attorney General's Office (AGO) confiscated more than IDR 11 trillion from the Wilmar Group company.
According to Gilang, the disclosure of the CPO export corruption case which also involved bribery against the judge had injured the justice system.
"There should no longer be room for compromise for the practice of bribery in the judicial process, especially in cases that have a direct impact on the interests of the people at large," said Gilang, Thursday, June 19.
Gilang assessed that the case scandal also reopened the old wounds of people who used to have difficulty getting cooking oil. Therefore, according to him, the handling of the case also needs to be done psychosocialally.
"This corporate crime makes it difficult for the people to find cooking oil. The public still remembers very well how cooking oil disappeared from store shelves, skyrocketing prices, and long queues occurred everywhere. Now we know, it turns out that there is a big game that makes people miserable for corporate gain," said Gilang.
"Not to mention the price is also exorbitant, there is a commotion in the community. So the handling of the case must also be seen from the psychosocial approach," he continued.
Gilang is also worried that the judge's scandal that the giant palm oil industry can bribe will affect public trust in the judiciary. According to him, this case is an indicator that the legal mafia and the food mafia are intertwining with each other.
"The freelance version (ontslag van alle recht vervolging) given to Wilmar Group and a number of other palm oil corporations not only damaged the principle of justice, but also hampered law enforcement efforts against corporations that actually caused public losses," he said.
"When corporations can bribe judges for a release verdict, justice becomes merchandise, and people become victims twice. When cooking oil is scarce, and when the perpetrators are released with a manipulated legal scheme," continued Gilang.
Therefore, the member of the House of Representatives Law Enforcement Commission emphasized that the CPO export case should not stop at confiscation of money and the determination of suspects. According to Gilang, there must be a transparent and comprehensive legal process up to the giver and recipient of bribes.
In addition, Gilang also encouraged the Supreme Court (MA), the Judicial Commission (KY) and the Attorney General's Office to carry out internal cleaning seriously.
"This case must be handled thoroughly, it is not enough just to confiscate money and determine the suspect. The legal process must run transparently and thoroughly, targeting all parties involved," he concluded.
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The AGO is still investigating cases of alleged corruption from giving a release verdict to Wilmar Group and a number of other corporations.
Recently, the AGO confiscated Rp11.8 trillion in money from Wilmar Group related to allegations of corruption in the issuance of a CPO export permit or crude palm oil (CPO) that occurred in 2022.
This confiscation was carried out as part of an effort to recover state losses caused by the corrupt practice. The money came from five companies under the auspices of the Wilmar Group, which were involved in the case of providing CPO export facilities during the period January 2021 to March 2022.
The five companies are PT Multimas Nabati Asahan, PT Multinabati Sulawesi, PT Sinar Alam Permai, PT Wilmar Bioenergy Indonesia, and PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia.
This case stems from the decision of the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court in March 2025 where the three corporations involved, namely PT Wilmar Group, PT Permata Hijau Group, and PT Musim Mas Group, received a verdict that was acquitted of all charges.
Although the panel of judges stated that the three Wilmar Group companies were proven to have violated the law, they were not considered criminal acts. This sparked controversy and found the facts of 3 judges involved in the case accepting bribes.
The three judges involved in the case were Djuyamto as Chairman of the Assembly, Agam Syarif Baharuddin and Ali Muhtarom as members. They are suspected of accepting bribes with the Chairman of the South Jakarta District Court, Muhammad Arif Nuryanta, worth Rp. 60 billion. This caused the AGO to determine the three judges as suspects.
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