AGO Opens Opportunity To Snatch Death Penalty For CPO Export Suspect

Aksa Agung Muda for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Febrie Adriansyah/ Antara

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Indonesia is considering ensnaring Article 2 paragraph (2) of the Anti-Corruption Law against suspects in the alleged corruption case in providing CPO export facilities which resulted in a shortage of cooking oil.

Article 2 paragraph (2) of the Corruption Crime Act (Tipikor) reads, in the event that the corruption crime referred to in paragraph (1) is carried out under certain circumstances, the death penalty can be imposed.

"I think this weight is an important consideration for us," said the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) of the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) Febrie Adriansyah at a press conference at the Indonesian Attorney General's Office, Jakarta, as reported by Antara, Friday, April 22.

Febrie said that the prosecutor's investigators are currently concentrating on government policies that are strategic and important for the continuity of national development. So that if there is a legal action that concerns the community at large and is detrimental to development, strict action will be taken.

"This is our concentration, so that if there are policies that concern the community and development, we will definitely take firm action," said Febrie.

The AGO has named four suspects in the case of alleged corruption in the provision of export facilities for crude palm oil (CPO) and its derivatives which occurred between January 2021 and March 2022.

The four suspects, namely the Director General of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Trade, Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana. Then, Master Parulian Tumanggor as Commissioner of PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, Stanley MA as Senior Manager of Corporate Affairs of PT Pelita Agung Agrindustri/Permata Hijau Group, and Picare Tagore Sitanggang as General Manager of the General Affair Section of PT Musim Mas. Investigating prosecutors charged the suspects with Article 2 or Article 3 of the Corruption Crime Act (Tipikor), then Article 54 paragraph (1) letter a and paragraph (2) letter a, b, e, and f of Law Number 7 of 2014 concerning Trade and/or Decisions Minister of Trade Number 129 juncto Number 170 of 2022 concerning Determination of Amounts for Distribution of Domestic Needs and Domestic Sales Prices.

Then, the provisions of Chapter 2 letter a number 1 letter b in conjunction with Chapter 2 letter c number 4 letter c Regulation of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade Number 02 DAGLU per 1 2022 concerning Technical Instructions for Policy Implementation and Regulation of CPO Exports.

"This case is subject to Article 2 and or Article 3 of the Anti-Corruption Law, which, as the Attorney General has conveyed, there are trade provisions that have been mentioned as provisions that are used as the basis for investigators as an act against the law," said Febrie.

"But we still suspect Article 2 and Article 3 of the Anti-Corruption Law," Febrie added.