The Attorney General\u2019s Office (Kejagung) has raided 16 residences and\noffices in Medan, North Sumatra, and Pekanbaru, Riau. The searches are\nconnected to an alleged corruption case involving the export of palm oil\nmill effluent (POME), or palm oil waste, in 2022, currently under\ninvestigation by the Kejagung.<\/p>\n
Kejagung spokesperson Anang Supriatna said the raids took place\nbetween 12 and 14 February 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cA series of searches were conducted at several locations. These\nincluded approximately 11 locations in the North Sumatra and Medan area,\nand 5 locations in the Pekanbaru area. The searches were carried out at\nresidences, offices, and premises belonging to several parties\naffiliated with the suspects,\u201d Anang told reporters at the Kejagung\ncomplex in South Jakarta on Thursday (19 February 2025).<\/p>\n
From the raids, investigators seized a number of items of evidence\nbelieved to be strongly linked to the alleged palm oil waste corruption\ncase, including documents, mobile phones, computers, and six motor\nvehicles.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo far there is one Toyota Alphard, a Toyota Corolla Hybrid, one\nAvanza along with its vehicle ownership certificates, and three\nadditional four-wheeled vehicles \u2014 approximately six in total,\u201d Anang\ndetailed.<\/p>\n
The documents seized include land certificates, transaction records,\nand electronic evidence. All assets subject to seizure were registered\nunder the names of the suspects\u2019 companies and their affiliated\nparties.<\/p>\n
\u201cDocuments were obtained from several companies and also from a\nnumber of offices. In one office, there were several registered\ncompanies. Documents relating to CPO activities were also recovered from\na residence,\u201d Anang disclosed.<\/p>\n
Anang added that investigators would analyse the various items of\nevidence that had been seized to probe more deeply into the criminal\noffences committed by the suspects.<\/p>\n
The Palm Oil Waste Export Corruption Case<\/strong><\/p>\n As previously reported, the Kejagung has named 11 individuals as\nsuspects in the POME export corruption case of 2022. Three of the\nsuspects are state officials, whilst the remainder are from the private\nsector.<\/p>\n Director of Investigation at the Kejagung\u2019s Deputy Attorney General\nfor Special Crimes, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, revealed that the modus\noperandi in this case involved irregularities in the form of engineered\nclassification of crude palm oil (CPO) export commodities. High-acid CPO\nwas claimed to be POME using an HS code designated for residue or solid\nwaste from CPO.<\/p>\n \u201cThe purpose of this classification engineering was to circumvent CPO\nexport controls, so that commodities which were essentially CPO could be\nexported as though they were not CPO, thereby being exempted from or\nhaving reduced obligations imposed by the state,\u201d Syarief said at a\npress conference at the Kejagung building on Tuesday (10 February).<\/p>\n \u201cThis occurred because there was the drafting and use of a palm oil\nindustry downstream mapping document that had not yet been formalised as\na regulation, which contained commodities and technical specifications\nnot recognised in the international classification system, yet was still\nused as a reference by officials,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n Syarief explained that another modus operandi involved facilitating\nCPO exports using inappropriate classifications to reduce export levy\nobligations. In this case, investigators also uncovered allegations of\nbribery from private parties to state officials.<\/p>\n He estimated that state financial losses arising from this case could\nreach Rp 14 trillion. The Kejagung is still conducting its\ncalculations.<\/p>\n The following are the 11 individuals named as suspects:<\/p>\n\n