JAKARTA - The team of investigators from the Attorney General's Office for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) of the Attorney General's Office searched a number of company offices in the Sumatra region related to alleged corruption in the export of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) and its derivatives, including Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME), 2022-2024.
The search was carried out after investigators named 11 people as suspects in the case.
Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Anang Supriatna, said that searches were still underway at a number of locations between Pekanbaru and Medan.
"After 11 suspects were appointed, the team of investigators from the Attorney General's Office conducted a search at several company offices related to this case," Anang told the media, Thursday, February 12, 2026.
Of the 11 suspects, three are state organizers, while the other eight are from the private sector or companies.
According to Anang, investigators have seized a number of documents from previous searches. Meanwhile, the process of tracing assets is still ongoing.
"We are not only focusing on criminal accountability, but also conducting asset tracing to maximize the recovery of state losses," he said.
During the investigation, the Attorney General's Office found evidence of export classification engineering by a number of companies. A total of 26 companies were suspected of manipulating the export code of CPO into POME, Palm Acid Oil (PAO), or other palm oil residues.
The Director of Investigation of Jampidsus, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, said that so far eight suspects from different company directors have been determined.
"There are eight suspects from different entities. We are still investigating the involvement of about 26 companies," said Syarief.
This case started with the government's policy to limit and control CPO exports to maintain the availability of cooking oil and domestic price stability through the Domestic Market Obligation (DMO) scheme, Export Approval, and the obligation to pay the Export Tax and Palm Levy (Levy).
In practice, investigators suspect that a number of companies have changed the export code of CPO into POME or other derivative products to avoid the applicable restrictions and obligations.
With this classification, exports can be carried out with lighter requirements.
In addition, there was also an alleged bribery and bribery to facilitate the administrative and supervisory process of exports.
Based on provisional calculations, the state's financial losses due to this practice are estimated at IDR 10.6 trillion to IDR 14.3 trillion. This value does not include the potential loss of the national economy which is still in the process of counting.
Of the three suspects, state organizers, each comes from the Ministry of Industry and the Directorate General of Customs and Excise. Meanwhile, from the private sector, a number of company directors are suspected of playing a role in the export engineering.
The Attorney General's Office ensures that the investigation will continue to be developed to trace the flow of funds, uncover other parties involved, and finally calculate the amount of state losses.
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