Investigators at the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (JAM-Pidsus) at the Attorney General’s Office have so far confiscated more than IDR 1.1 trillion in cash from the proceeds of criminal acts of corruption and money laundering carried out by companies owned by Surya Darmadi.
Surya is a convict in a corruption case and money laundering crime for illegal land control in Indragiri Hulu Regency, Riau.
Most recently, investigators confiscated Rp. 301.986 billion worth of money from PT Darmex Plantations, one of seven corporate suspects as a result of the investigation. Previously, in September, investigators had also confiscated IDR 450 billion from PT Asset Pacific, while last October IDR 372 billion was confiscated.
“At the beginning there was IDR 450 billion, then there was IDR 372 billion, and currently there is more than IDR 301 billion. If we calculate it, it means that there is at least more than IDR 1.1 trillion. And all the money is directly entrusted to the bank, so that it doesn’t there are questions,” said Head of the Attorney General’s Legal Information Center Harli Siregar at the AGO Complex, Jakarta, Tuesday (12/11).
On the same occasion, the Director of JAM-Pidsus Investigations at the Attorney General’s Office, Abdul Qohar, explained that based on the results of the development of the investigation, his party had charged seven corporations connected to Surya as suspects.
Apart from PT Darmex Plantations, other suspects are PT Palma Satu, PT Panca Agro Lestari, PT Seberida Subur, PT Banyu Bening Utama, PT Kencana Amal Tani, and PT Asset Pasific. PT Darmex Plantations and PT Asset Pacific were charged with TPPU, while five other companies were charged by investigators with allegations of criminal acts of corruption and also TPPU.
According to Qohar, PT Palma Satu, PT Panca Agro Lestari, PT Seberida Subur, PT Banyu Bening Utama, and PT Kencana Amal Tani have unlawfully carried out plantation and palm oil processing business activities in forest areas. The proceeds of their crimes, he continued, were transferred to PT Dramex Plantations, which is Surya’s plantation holding.
“Then PT DP (Darmex Plantations) transferred and disguised it to the Darmex Foundation account amounting to IDR 301,986,366,605.47 as is before us all,” explained Qohar.
According to Qohar, the confiscation of more than IDR 301 billion was carried out in one location in Jakarta. Currently, JAM-Pidsus investigators are still conducting investigations into the seven corporations owned by Surya. His party does not rule out the possibility that in the future there will be additional suspects in this case.
“As long as there is sufficient evidence, we will hold them accountable,” he said. (P-5)
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