InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The Great Attorney sealed cash for about Rp 450 billion that belonged to PT Asset Pacific in the corruption and money laundry cases that involved PT Duta Palma Group in the Regency of Indragiri Hulu, Riau Province. It was sealed by Directorate of Investigation of Deputy General Attorney in Special Crime, Monday (30/9), to serve the justice in the big cases.
“Today, the investigators sealed cash for about Rp 450 billion from the corporate as the suspect - PT Asset Pacific in association with corruption case in palm oil plantation sector,” Abdul Qohar, Director of Investigation of Deputy General Attorney in Special Crime, said in the press conference in the office of the Great Attorny office, as InfoSAWIT quoted from CNN, Thursday (3/10/2024).
The cash was showed up in the press conference. It was like mountain behind the podium. It was the result from the development case that involved Surya Darmadi, the boss of PT Duta Palma Group and former Regent of Indragiri Hulu, Raja Tamsil Rahmat, and it was permanently legal.
The case started from the assumption of forest region cultivation to palm oil plantations legally by PT Duta Palma Group. Surya Darmadi was sentenced guilty in the corruption case that delivered losses for the country. The Great Attorney kept developing the case to get the other related suspects.
“The case was developed from the cases that involved Surya Darmadi and Raja Tamsil Rahmat,” Qohar said.
Deputy of General Attorney in Special Crime, Febrie Ardiansyah said that the corruption case in PT Duta Palma Group would always be investigated. From the case, the Great Attorney found another crime evidences that involved the other corporates.
In the progress, the Great Attorney decided seven corporates as the suspects in palm oil plantation sector in the Regency of Indragiri Hulu, such as, PT Palma Satu, PT Siberida Subur, PT Banyu Bening Utama, PT Panca Agro Lestari, PT Kencana Amal Tani, PT Asset Pacific, and PT Darmex Plantations.
The Great Attorney would be committed to continue investigate the case for it delivered economic and environmental impacts from the illegal activity. The case should also deliver deterrent effects for corruptors in palm oil plantation sector and should create the better governance in the future. (T2)