The Attorney General’s Office continues to confiscate a number of assets resulting from the crime of money laundering (TPPU) with predicate crimes of corruption in palm oil plantation business activities carried out by PT Duta Palma Group in Indragiri Hulu Regency. The assets confiscated ranged from buildings to helicopters.
“I can explain that several assets in the form of buildings, offices, land, hotels, houses, apartments, ships and helicopters as well as money have been confiscated by investigators,” said Director of Investigations (Dirdik) of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Abdul Qohar at the Kartika Building, Attorney General’s Office, South Jakarta Monday (30/9).
Abdul said a number of assets were confiscated from five companies suspected of corporate corruption and money laundering. They are PT Palma Satu, PT Siberida Subur, PT Banyu Bening Utama, PT Panca Agro Lestari, and PT Kencana Amal Tani.
These five companies are subsidiaries of PT Duta Palma Group. These assets also belong to two companies that are corporate suspects in the TPPU case. The two are PT Asset Pacific and PT Darmex Plantations.
“(Confiscation), with the aim of covering replacement money resulting from actions carried out by the company. So, in principle, the confiscation of these assets is to cover replacement money,” said Abdul.
However, he has not confirmed the value of a number of assets confiscated. Because, it’s still being calculated.
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Previously, the Attorney General’s Office confiscated cash resulting from TPPU from criminal acts originating from corruption carried out by the Duta Palma Group with the corporate suspect PT Asset Pacific. The money confiscated was IDR 450 billion.
“We have confiscated IDR 450 billion from the suspect PT Asset Pacific, which is part of the Duta Palma group,” said Abdul Qohar.
For your information, the Attorney General’s Office has charged the owner of PT Duta Palma Group or Darmex Agro Group, Surya Darmadi, in a corruption case regarding PT Duta Palma Group’s palm oil plantation permits in Indra Giri Hulu Regency. He was sentenced at the cassation level to 16 years in prison and compensation amounting to IDR 2.2 trillion. (J-2)
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