Jakarta – Hundreds of millions of rupiah were displayed in the hall on the 10th floor of the Kartika Building at the Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) on Tuesday (3/12/2024) afternoon. The money is the result of a seizure in a Money Laundering Crime (TPPU) case involving the corporate suspect PT Darmex Plantation, which is under the auspices of the PT Duta Palma Group.
The money in multiples of Rp100 thousand belongs to the five corporate suspects for corruption and money laundering crimes, namely PT PS, PT PAL, PT SS, PT BBU, and PT KAT, as well as the corporate suspect in the alleged money laundering case, PT Asset Pacific. A total of Rp288 billion was displayed when the Attorney General’s Office showcased the confiscated assets from the case.
“These five plantation companies have unlawfully conducted palm oil plantation and management activities on land within forest areas, with no forest area release in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau Province,” said Dirdik Jampidsus Kejagung Abdul Qohar during a press conference on Tuesday (3/12/2024).
Qohar explained that the illicit money was obtained from the control and management of land that was transferred and placed under PT Darmex Plantations, which is the holding plantation company of the five companies.
PT Darmex used the name RI as the recipient of the funds, who is referred to as the former brother-in-law of Surya Darmadi, the convicted in the PT Duta Palma corruption case.
“There are indications that his name was used to divert or disguise this money, so we carried out the seizure,” he said.
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The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has once again seized cash assets in the cooking oil mafia corruption case (Liputan6.com/Nanda Perdana Putra)
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The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has once again seized cash assets in the cooking oil mafia corruption case (Liputan6.com/Nanda Perdana Putra)
From the revelation of this case, the total investigators from Kejagung have conducted cash seizures four times related to the Duta Palma case, amounting to approximately Rp450 billion, Rp372 billion, and Rp301 billion.
With this new seizure worth Rp288 billion, the total assets that have been confiscated are estimated to be around Rp1.4 trillion.
Against the suspect PT Darmex Plantations, they are charged with violating Article 3, Article 4, and Article 5 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering Crimes in conjunction with Article 5 paragraph (1) sub-paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code. (KUHP).
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