InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU – A civil organization, Pemuda Tri Karya (PETIR) claimed PT Andika Permata Sawit Lestari (PT APSL) to the Great Attorney of Indonesia for the assumption to illegally operate and master the areas and deliver the loss of country up to Rp 203,5 billion. PT APSL was assumed to master about 5.783,11 hectares in forest areas illegally.
"Besides the assumption to deliver losses up to billion rupiah, we suspect that PT APSL broke Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) principles. Their fresh fruit bunch derived from the permanent production forest areas that made it illegal. ISPO (Secretariat) should actually stop getting CPO from the company,” Jackson Sihombing, Chairman of PETIR said, as InfoSAWIT quoted from Oketimes.com, Monday (21/10/2024).
He also mentioned that ISPO certification has seven main principles that the members should obey, such as, obey the regulation, cultivate the environment and have social responsibility. The assumption that PT APSL broke ISPO principles, would be the reason for PETIR to report the case to the authority.
Not only that, he also questioned about the principles permit that the Regency of Rokan Hulu (Rohul) published for the company to cultivate about 5.783,11 hectares in the Villages of Putat, Bonai, and Kasang Padang, Sub district of Bonai Darusalam. He thought, it would need to investigate the permits for being assumed to break the legal.
“We suspected that palm oil plantations operating in forest areas would be illegal. We also suspected that PT APSL paid non – tax revenue in the form of the resources royalty provision,” he said.
Besides tax issue, PETIR also suspected there would be money laundry that had something to do with palm oil plantation corruption by the company. It led to the violation of the Laws Number 8 / 2010 about the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundry. (T2)