The Attorney General's Office Confiscates 23 Of Duta Palma's Land Parcels Related To Mega Corruption Of Rp.

The Attorney General's Office attaches a sign of confiscation to a parcel of land owned by PT Duta Palma Group in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau, Monday (8/8/2022). ANTARA/HO-Center for Legal Information at the Attorney General's Office

JAKARTA - Investigators of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes at the Attorney General's Office confiscated 23 plots of land consisting of plantations and buildings belonging to PT Duta Palma Group in connection with the alleged corruption case of 37,095 hectares of oil palm land in Indragiri Hulu (Inhu) Regency, Riau.

The head of the Attorney General's Center for Legal Information, Ketut Sumedana, said the confiscation was in accordance with the Attorney General's order to track the assets of the suspect Surya Darmadi in the context of recovering losses and the country's economy.

"The Attorney General ordered the Jampidsus staff and investigators handling the PT Duta Palma Group case to track the assets belonging to the suspect SD wherever they are in order to recover losses and the country's economy," he said in a written statement as reported by ANTARA, Monday, August 8. In the confiscated land, there are eight plots of plantation land located in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau Province which are controlled by PT Palma Satu, PT Panca Agro Lestari, PT Banyu Bening Utama, PT Seberida Subur, and PT Kencana Amal Tani. Then 15 plots of land and buildings spread across the South Jakarta area.

"The investigating prosecutor's team has also searched several places," he said.

There were 10 places searched by the investigating prosecutor's team, including the PT Duta Palma Nusantara Riau office in Pekanbaru City, Riau, the Indragiri Hulu Regency Forestry office, the Indragiri Hulu Regency Plantation Office, the Indragiri Hulu Regency Regional Secretariat office, the Moda Investment and Service Bandan office. One Stop Indaragiri Hulu Regency.

Then the offices belonging to PT Duta Palma Group, namely the offices of PT Banyu Bening Utama, PT Seberida Subur, PT Pala Satu, PT Panca Agro Lestari, PT Darmex Agro.

In addition, said Ketut, investigators also blocked all operational accounts of PT Duta Palma Group companies, namely PT Seberida Subur, PT Panca Agro Lestari, PT Palma Satu, PT Banyu Bening Utama and PT Kencana Amal Tani.

"These accounts are with PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk and PT Bank Central Asia," said Ketut.

In this case, investigators have named two suspects, namely the former Regent of Indragiri Hulu Raja Thamsir Rachman and Surya Darmadi who were suspected of violating the primary Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31/1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law Number 20/ 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31/1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code. With subsidiary Article 3 Jo. Article 18 of Law Number 31/1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31/1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

Specifically for the suspect Surya Darmadi, he is also suspected of violating Article 3 of Law Number 8/2010 concerning the Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering or Article 4 of Law Number 8/2010 concerning the Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering. The suspects were not detained because the suspect Raja Thmsir Rachman was serving a sentence for another case at the Pekanbaru prison, while the suspect Surya Darmadi was still on a DPO status.

Kapuspenkum said the investigating prosecutor had properly summoned the suspect Surya Darmadi three times. The summons has been sent to his residential address in the Kebayoran baru area, South Jakarta, then to the Duta Palma Group office address at Palma Tower, Pondok Pinang, South Jakarta, and his residence in Singapore.

"The investigating prosecutor has also announced a summons in the national daily newspaper, it turns out that the SD suspect was not present or not cooperative in fulfilling the summons for examination," said Sumedana.

Because they have been called three times and there has been no response, said Sumedana, the Attorney General's Office considers that SD has relinquished its rights to defend itself in the law enforcement process and will continue to coordinate the search and law enforcement will continue according to the prevailing laws and regulations.