The Attorney General's Office Searches 3 Offices Of CPO Export Corporate Suspects, Confiscates Tens Of Thousands Of Hectares Of Land

It appears in front of the Round Building of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes at the Attorney General's Office, Jakarta. (DOC. ANTARA)

The Attorney General's Office searched three corporate offices that were named suspects in the alleged corruption case in the provision of crude palm oil export facilities (CPO). As a result, hundreds of assets in the form of land parcels were confiscated.

"The Investigative Team at the Directorate of Investigation at JAM PIDSUS conducted searches and seizures of 3 places located in Medan City, North Sumatra," said Head of the Attorney General's Office, Ketut Sumedana in his official statement, Saturday, July 8.

The three corporations that were searched included the Office of PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia or Wilmar Group (WG), the Musim Mas Office or Musim Mas Group (MMG), and the Office of PT Permata Hijau Group (PHG).

During a search that took place on Thursday, July 6, a number of assets in the form of land parcels were confiscated.

From the Musim Mas Office, investigators confiscated the assets of 277 plots covering an area of 14,620.48 hectares. Then, from the Wilmar Group Office, a total of 625 plots of 43.32 hectares were confiscated.

Meanwhile, from the PT Permata Hijau Group Office, land was confiscated with a total of 70 plots covering an area of 23.7 hectares. Then the rupiah currency was 5,588 shares with a total of Rp385,300,000.

There were also US dollars which were also confiscated as many as 4,352 shares with a total of USD 435,200, Malaysian ringgit as many as 561 shares with a total of RM52,000, and Singapore dollars as many as 290 shares with a total of 250,450.

"The confiscation and search was carried out based on the Investigation Order of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes Number: PRINT-1334/F.2/Fd.1/07/2023 dated July 5, 2023," said Ketut.