AGO Uncovers CPO Export Permit Plot
The Attorney General's Office has detained a high-ranking official from the Trade Ministry and three palm oil company executives on suspicion of being involved in a plot concerning the export permit for crude palm oil.
Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin when announcing the determination of four suspects in the corruption of cooking oil export permits in Jakarta, Tuesday (19/4/2022).
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The Attorney General's Office’s (AGO) decision to name as graft suspects a key official from the Trade Ministry and three executives of palm oil companies in relation to the export license for crude palm oil (CPO) and derivative products has unveiled a plot that facilitates international sales of cooking oil while ignoring domestic needs. The activity is alleged to be one cause behind the cooking oil shortage in the country.
Two of the four people who have been named as suspects in the case are the ministry’s foreign trade director general, Indrasari Wisnu Wardhana, and the commissioner of PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia, Master Parulian Tumanggor. The two other suspects have been identified as the corporate affairs senior manager at Permata Hijau Group, Stanley M.A., and the general manager of general affairs at PT Musim Mas, Picare Togare Sitanggang.